[INDOLOGY] Papers vs files

[Jonathan Silk]

I'm sure others will jump in, but just as is also the case with outdated
and subsequently difficult to access computer encodings, microfilm degrades
and thereafter...  scanning of such precious materials is an urgent
desideratum.

Jonathan

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> This is a concern that keeps me awake at night, that and partially
> collated unpublished texts preserved in microfilms and photocopies of
> scattered and poorly known, hard to access manuscripts.
>
> Rosane Rocher
> Profesor Emerita of South Asia Studies
> University of Pennsylvania
>
> On 11/4/24 8:12 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY wrote:
>
> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>>
>> Jan
>>
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