Dear Colleagues,

The Sanskrit Library would like to announce the following workshop.
Digital literacy for Sanskrit studies
Schedule: 21 – 23 August 
2026.
Meeting times: Friday-Sunday, 8:30–10:00pm IST, 9:00–10:30am U.S. Central Time.
Fee: ₹500

Day 1 establishes where texts live and how to interact with digital scripts (SLP1, Unicode, digital dictionaries).
Day 2 solves the acquisition bottleneck: turning paper volumes and scanned PDFs into raw digital text.
Day 3 provides the academic gold standard for structuring that text for critical editions and long-term research.

We also announce our autumn 2026 Sanskrit courses. For more information about the these courses follow the link: https://sanskritlibrary.org/coursesnow.html
  1. US101. Introductory Sanskrit I will begin Monday, 1 September.
  2. UP114. रघुवंश sarga 2 will begin Sunday, 1 September.
  3. US201. Selected readings in the Siddhāntakaumudī continues and can be joined by advanced students.
  4. UT102. Character and higher-level encoding will begin Saturday, 5 September to train Sanskrit students and advanced scholars in preparing navigable searchable digital editions of printed Sanskrit texts. 
  5. UT110. TEI-conformant XML markup workshop guides those who have completed UT102 or otherwise have basic competency in TEI in preparing a TEI edition of a Sanskrit textA special course is offered to Indian participants 6 September – 25 October 2026, Sundays, 9:00–10:30am U.S. Central Time, 8:30–10:00pm IST.8:30PM--10PM IST for ₹7500.
Yours sincerely,
Peter
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Peter M. Scharf, President
The Sanskrit Library
scharf@sanskritlibrary.org
https://sanskritlibrary.org
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Peter Scharf
scharfpm7@gmail.com