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IT & Digitization SectionCataloguingThe IT & Digitization section has been responsible for creating a catalogue database of the National Library's entire collection. In 2007 we began converting this data to ISO 10646 / Unicode encoding and transfering it to a library management system hosted by the Royal Library of Denmark. Our Online Public Access Catalogue is now available through the internet. National Rare Text Documentation SurveyIn order to identify Bhutan's rich literary treasures and preserve important and rare documents for the nation, the IT division along with the Research Division is carrying out a survey of rare texts and documents throughout the country under a Danida funded project. The survey includes the registration of rare texts and their location, the details of which are entered into a database for future reference. Where particularly rare or important manuscript or xylograph texts are discovered, their contents are catalogued and many are either digitized on location by members of our survey team, or brought back to the National Library for microfilming. DigitizationIn addition to digitizing rare texts as part of the documentation survey, the IT section is also responsible for digitizing important works held in the National Library & Archives itself. Until now this has involved scanning, or photographing these texts but in future we also hope to do data entry of the content of some important works which we hold, so that these can be made available in a more useful format which can be searched and indexed. TBRC in New York has donated to the National Library hard drives containing several thousand volumes of scanned texts in Chokey. TBRC also donated a laser printer so that we are able to print out these texts and make them available to monasteries, shedras and scholars in Bhutan. Other ActivitiesWeb SiteThis website is developed and maintained by the IT section of the National Library. It is one of the very first websites in the country to use Unicode character encoding for Dzongkha. - Most pages on this are accessible in both Dzongkha and English. Online AccessThe IT Section hopes to make digital images of some of the material held in the National Library & Archives available online. Other material may be made available later through the National Digital Library of Bhutan project. ICT Support & DevelopmentWe also provide ICT support, and training to other sections of the library. We hope to make available from this website training material and documentation developed by the NLB IT section which may useful for other users in Bhutan. Dzongkha FontsFonts necessary to display Dzongkha in web browsers will be made freely available through this website, along with instructions on configuring computer systems to properly display Dzongkha web pages. |
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