Singapore Digitizing 50 Years of Tamil Literature

Singapore has initiated the Tamil Digital Heritage Project which aims to digitize all works of local Tamil authors. The project will cover all the literary works from 1965 till 2015 and is being targeted for completion before the nation gets to celebrate its 50th Independence Day on August 4. The project will involve the active participation of the National Library Board, National Heritage Board, National Art Council, National Book Development Council of Singapore along with of course the Tamil authors organizations. Speaking of the project, S Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office said, "The main aspect of this project is that it brings Tamil literature that’s been conceived and developed in Singapore; it’s digitising it and therefore bringing it to a new platform, to the broader community in Singapore and around the world.” The National Library Board plays hosts to more than 500 titles including those of noted Tamil authors from the regions such as K T M Iqbal, M Elangkannan and Singai Mukilan. Arun Mahizhnan, chief coordinator of the Tamil Digital Heritage Group rued the lack of accessibility to Tamil literary works even they have been published in the island nation since 1800. He applauded the recent initiative citing the obvious benefit of opening up Tamil literature to the new generation anywhere in the world. Worth mentioning here, the National Library Board is currently engaged in another digitization project in collaboration with the British Library to make digital copies of rare Malay manuscripts. Singapore Digitizing 50 Years of Tamil Literature is a post from: E-Reader News

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