15Oct 2019

AN EXPLORATORY REVIEW ON DIGITIZING PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS.

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The paper attempts to trace the innovative developments and process of digitizing palm leaf manuscripts all over the world. Palm leaf manuscripts are the evidence of cultural heritage of past era which should be preserved and passed towards future is a challenging and demanding task at present. At this juncture, an immense necessity to know the evolution of the aspects of digitization of palm leaf manuscripts in the literature. From this it could be focused for future needs and trends in the development and improvement in the task of digitizing palm leaf manuscripts. The article traces chronological development of preserving the palm leaf manuscripts in the form of digitization. Throughout the discussion high level of enthusiasm shown by the librarians towards digitization of palm leaf manuscripts as they are endangering collections all over the world.

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[Gayathiri Navirathan. (2019); AN EXPLORATORY REVIEW ON DIGITIZING PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Oct). 431-438] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Gayathiri Navirathan
Senior Assistant Librarian, Eastern University, Sri Lanka

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9846      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9846

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