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The Digitization and Dissemination of Contemporary Tamil Newspapers was carried out by Noolaham Foundation during 2011-2013 to digitize the current and past issues of contemporary newspapers related to the Tamil speaking communities of Sri Lanka. It was a collaborative project undertaken by Noolaham Foundation collective with various publishers. The project aimed at preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the print published documents. The main objectives this project was to provide open access of contemporary and past issues of newspaper, preserve and create wide global visibility of these packed valuable information.

Totally 372 issues of contemporary newspapers under 14 titles were digitized through this project and made available online through Noolaham Foundation’s Digital Library at www.noolaham.org. Table of contents were manually inputted to enhance the search ability of the content. A web portal was also created at the digital library so that users could identify and access the issues easily and could be download in the user friendly interface.