Digital Library for Endangered Documents: an Approach towards Preservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts
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The damage rate of endangered documents is very high by many ways. Such documents are usually not confined to the limited boundaries of the conventional library system, instead, that are scattered around and become the part of private collections, institutional collections and also official archives. When it becomes the part of a private collection, the possibility of damage is very high. Steps to make digital library for endangered document solves this issue considerably. This article explores different attributes for organizing a digital library for endangered documents and the users‘ attitude towards the use and usability of the same and primarily focuses on with the attitude of users towards the digitization of palm leaf manuscripts.
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