Abstract:
With the development of digital technology,
libraries are changing their roles from book providers to einformation
providers. Manuscripts are primary source of
historic information. Manuscripts are diminishing along with the
time. Despite their best efforts, it is difficult to save manuscripts
in physical form beyond a time frame. Digital preservation of
manuscripts restores it from damage, larceny and decay. Need of
digitization of manuscript, digitization initiatives in India,
benefits and threats of digital preservation, process of digitization
and guiding principles are the key issues discussed in this paper.
The paper also discusses manuscripts and rare literature at
Panjab University, Chandigarh and digitization projects at
Punjab level.
