Development of classical Tamil digital library : CILL experience

Abstract

The present study describes the establishment and develops a digital library in Classical Tamil. An overview of the concept “Classical Tamil” is explained. The need for developing classification schedule in Classical Tamil was much felt and a module is presented. The study also proposes the creation of bilingual metadata with sufficient search facility in the original language using MARC format and Unicode. It will also discuss the digitising process, storage, retrieval, dissemination, preservation, etc in original language