Welcome to the What's New page of the Digital South Asia Library. Look here for periodic updates about new resources, on-going projects and other news. Updated October 2009.
News
The Center for Research Libraries has applied for and received a no-cost extension of one year from the U.S. Department of Education to conclude work on the project TICFIA South Asia: Overseas Resources for Understanding the Subcontinent which has produced new resources that are being added to DSAL.
The University of Chicago has been awarded a four-year grant from the Department of Education for a project entitled Audio, Maps, and Images from South Asia. Among the types of resources to be created for DSAL are digitized topographical maps from the Survey of India that will be georeferenced for presentation on the Web and made available for downloads that might be used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). See for example a map of a region within the North-West Frontier Province in 1936. For a fuller description of the project please consult the project abstract.
A portion of the aforementioned map displayed in Google Earth.
DSAL is also beginning a significant revision of the site in order to accommodate new kinds of resources and changes in practices of Internet navigation. For an example of the kind of faceted searching envisioned for the new Web site, see this site describing dissertations on South Asia completed at the University of Chicago. University of Chicago Dissertations on South Asia. We would greatly appreciate any feedback on our proposed overhaul of the site.
Resources in DevelopmentGramophone Recordings from the Linguistic Survey of India - This rich media resource that includes audio, maps and transcripts is in the final stages of testing with a new content delivery system that will allow users to easily navigate this complex and important resource. If you are interested in helping to test this resource please contact us at hall@crl.edu .
In collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) and SAVIFA at the University of Heidelberg, DSAL will soon deliver index records for select South Asian periodicals together with articles in pdf form.
Updated Resources
The Hindi sabdasagara dictionary now can be searched in the vernacular script. For an example see these results.
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