Template:Digitization Project hosted by Colombo Tamil Sangam Library
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| Project Number | NF/PG/2009/0001 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | |
| Project Mentor | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | Project Locations | Colombo | Project Period | 2008 - 2009 February | |
| Stakeholders | Kandiah Nagenthirapillai, Theepan Thevathasan, Sivaramakrishna Sarma, Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer | |||||
The Colombo Tamil Sangam contributes towards the betterment of the Tamil language, culture and arts. It was established in 1942. It operates a library with more than 45,000 books and magazines. A special purpose reference section aiming to preserve Sri Lankan Tamil related documents is functioning as part of that library. The goals of the Digitization Project hosted by the Colombo Tamil Sangam Library Project were to document and archive the Sri Lankan collection of the Colombo Tamil Sangam Library.
Totally 2,950 valuable books and magazines were digitized through this project and made available online through Noolaham Foundation’s Digital Library www.noolaham.org.
