[INDOLOGY] Papers vs files

[Madhav Deshpande]

Excellent suggestion, Jan. Including me, lots of scholars have several
unfinished projects which may never be completed or published, but lie in
an incomplete form. There should be a repository for such materials.

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM Jan Kučera <jan.kucera at ujca.cz> wrote:

> Dear all,
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> I am sure I am not alone with the experience of finding treasures in
> archives, in personal papers and other collections of various people from
> the past, often pioneers in the field.
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> Some of us even had the sad privilege to take over libraries and
> collections of our departed colleagues and teachers. And from my
> experience, there is one significant difference from the past: people don’t
> write on paper anymore. The work is increasingly done on computers, and
> this data is almost never available or accessible to anyone else.
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> I would like to make an appeal to everyone who feels like they have
> significant notes, drafts, or work-to-come they have spent decades on, if
> you don’t want these to suddenly disappear, please make provisions for
> someone to be able to pick it up or turn into a treasure to be found by
> future generations.
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> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Jan
>
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