Tuesday, Mar 19 2024 | Time 13:36 Hrs(IST)
image
Entertainment » Other


Bengal Govt to digitise Assembly records

Bengal Govt to digitise Assembly records

Kolkata, Dec 4 (UNI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has recently
announced that the State Government has decided to digitise the
books and records that are there in the library located inside the
Assembly building.
The new e-library will be located at the Platinum Jubilee Memorial
Building inside the Assembly premises, during whose foundation-stone
laying she made the announcement.
The building will also house a museum, an auditorium and a conference
hall.
There are there are more than two lakh books in the existing library, for
whose preservation digitisation is essential. The State Education
Department will extend support in this connection.
Further, after digitisation, the electronic archive would be opened to the
public.
Researchers from all over the world visit the library in the Assembly to
study various books and documents.
Besides digitisation, the Chief Minister announced several other
measures. One of this is to make available documents and books from
the Assembly library to those who order for them in a much shorter time.
For this purpose, staff strength is likely to be increased.
She also said the documents in Bengali would be translated into
English, for which the help of the British Council and Cambridge
University might be sought.
Again, tie-ups with Bangladesh can be done as part of an academic
exchange since the histories of Bengal and Bangladesh are inextricably
linked.
UNI SJC KK

There is no row at position 0.
image