[INDOLOGY] Abbreviations in NGMCP catalogue entries.

[Roland Steiner]

Christoph Rauch, Head of the Oriental Department of the  
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, has asked me to pass on the following  
message:

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Following the discussions in the forum, I would like to briefly  
describe the current status of the NGMPP: The Staatsbibliothek zu  
Berlin has already started digitising the Nepal films. A total of more  
than 2,000 films have already been digitised. Funding has been secured  
for the digitisation of a further 3,000 films. Our service provider  
has just picked up 1,000 films today. We are also working intensively  
on the question of how to ensure long-term preservation of the digital  
copies as well as access to the materials for research purposes. Due  
to the enormous quantity of images, the complexity of the metadata  
situation, the ownership situation and the contractual situation, this  
is naturally not a simple matter. We therefore ask for your patience  
if not all expectations are met at the moment.
We do not restrict the ordering of copies to German citizens only.
The next step will be to import the metadata from NGMCP to Qalamos.
By the way, the metadata from all manuscript catalogues of South Asian  
materials from German institutions are also currently being included  
in this portal, as part of the DFG-funded project "Qalamos".

Best wishes!
Christoph Rauch

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Christoph Rauch
Head of the Oriental Department
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz -
Potsdamer Str. 33
D-10785 Berlin
Tel +49-(0)30-266 43 5800
https://spk-berlin.webex.com/meet/christoph.rauch
christoph.rauch at sbb.spk-berlin.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-1629
http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/
https://www.qalamos.net 
https://od-portal.hypotheses.org/