Template:Manuscripts Archive Pilot Project 2012
| Project Number | NF/PG/2012/0002 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Seran Sivananthamoorthy | |
| Project Mentor | Seran Sivananthamoorthy | Project Locations | Jaffna | Project Period | 2012 | |
| Stakeholders | Seran Sivananthamoorthy, Federal Assistance Award, French institute of Pondicherry, EAP 458 Team | |||||
The Manuscripts Archive Pilot Project 2012 was carried out by Noolaham Foundation in 2012 to establish the Manuscripts Archive Program of the Foundation. While conducting Documentation and Archiving of Rare Endangered Documents project, Noolaham Foundation came across a number of palm-leaf manuscript collections in Jaffna. The flatbed scanners which were being used at that time were not suitable to scan such fragile documents. Thus a pilot project was implemented to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and effect size (statistical variability) of digitizing manuscripts and to establish a Manuscripts Archive Program.
Noolaham Foundation acquired the expertise and received training from EAP 458 team based at the French institute of Pondicherry, India. EAP 458 Team was carrying out a project under the British Library’s Endangered Archive Program. A small sample of ola leaf volumes were also digitized during the project. This project was a successful initiative and received special appreciation from scholars.
