[INDOLOGY] Papers vs files

[Oliver Hellwig]

Leaving aside issues with microfilmed material for the moment, I'd find
such a collection of digital half-finished work extremely valuable. Why
not set up a github repository and let everybody interested upload their
material to a separate folder?

Best, Oliver

On 05/11/2024 12:18, Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY wrote:
> I'm sure others will jump in, but just as is also the case with outdated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 <mailto: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     collated unpublished texts preserved in microfilms and photocopies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
>>     <mailto: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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