Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is in the process of digitising rare documents and publications dating back to the 15th century, in order to to serve as valuable reference material for users.
The University has already digitised around 7.8 lakh pages comprising thesis, back volumes, books, annual reports, compendium etc within a short span of three months thanks to the ICAR–NAIP project on e-Granth.
Quick guide The project envisages digitisation of contents in the century-old TNAU library to facilitate quick reference of needed documents, provide an idea of the documents/publications that available in the constituent libraries of TNAU and, more important, making it available in the National Agricultural Research System Libraries across states.
The contents are made available in the Digital Repository of Krishikosh and can be referred by anybody, anytime, said Arun Kumar Jain, the Consortium Principal Investigator of e-Granth Project .