Indological Digital Library

[Ithamar Theodor]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard MAHONEY" <r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Indological Digital Library


> Dear Juergen,
>
> On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 00:50, JN wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:46:51 +0200 Dominik Wujastyk <ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK>
>> wrote:
>> [snip...]
>> >  I have a growing personal digital library of valuable books as PDF
>> > files.
>> [snip...]
>>
>> is there any platform where scholars could share their pdf-files? I have
>> an ever growing library of valuable indological source books in 
>> pdf-format
>> too. if there was a platform to share such resources, the effort of
>> scanning etc. would be reduced and everyone could contribute his or her
>> pdfs. and everybody else could share the fruit of the individual effort.
>
> Some tentative progress in this direction is underway.
>
> Please refer to brief details on Repositorium here:
>
> http://indica-et-buddhica.org/
>
> Links to fuller details and screenshots can be found here:
>
> http://indica-et-buddhica.org/sections/repositorium
>
>
>> but then the question arises: what about copyright laws?
>
> It is absolutely essential that the rights of copyright owners be
> respected. Please refer, for example, to the IeB Copyright Policy here:
>
> http://indica-et-buddhica.org/sections/about-ieb/terms/copyright-policy
>
>
>> any chance to overcome this problem, anybody concerned with the question
>> of a (centralized) indological digital library?
>
> Over the coming weeks Repositorium is being migrated from local
> hardware to a bureau. When the system is ready, an announcement will be
> made soliciting interest. Initially users will be given the opportunity
> jointly to establish an Indological and Buddhological bibliographical
> database. In the meantime, please direct all queries to:
>
> Richard Mahoney <r.mahoney at indica-et-buddhica.org>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Richard
>
>
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