Roadmap 2020

Objective 1

Engage in and support preservation and digital archiving of written, print, multi-media and electronic resources related to Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities.

Code	Description	Milestone
Objective 1.1	Digital Library Projects	Monographs (Books)	25,000
Objective 1.2		Periodicals - Magazine & Journals	38,000
Objective 1.3		Periodicals - Newspaper	105,000
Objective 1.4		Booklet, Reports, Souvenirs, Felicitations and Memoirs	25,000
Objective 1.5		Posters, leaflets, invitation, factsheet	10,200
Objective 1.6		Dissertations and Abstracts	1,500
Objective 1.7		Electronic Resources	60%
Objective 1.8	Manuscripts Archives :	Ola leaf Archive	1,500
Objective 1.9		Diaries Archive	2,000
Objective 1.10		Letters and other hand written documents	2,000
Objective 1.11	Multimedia Archives	Audio Archive	7,000
Objective 1.12		Video	5,300
Objective 1.13		Photos and images, map, drawings	21,200
Objective 1.14	Web Archives	Web News Archive	75%
Objective 1.15		Web Site Archive (Valaipathivu Thiraddi)	75%

Objective 2

Document, preserve and digitally archive ethnography and knowledge bases such as dialects, belief systems, myths, rituals, folklore, games, indigenous medicine, law and administrative systems, technologies and arts of mainstream and marginalized communities

Code	Description	Milestone
Objective 2.1	Cultural Memory	document and preserve dialects, beliefs system, myths, rituals, folklore etc	40%
Objective 2.2	Ethno medicine	Document and preserve medical anthropology	40%
Objective 2.3	Personalities	Personalities	40%
Objective 2.4	Traditional science, technology and crafts	Traditional science, technology and crafts	40%
Objective 2.5	Villages and Community Profile	Villages and Community Profile	40%
Objective 2.6	Organizations	Schools, Temple, church, Mosques, Theatre, Libraries	40%
Objective 2.7	Historical and archeological object documentation	document and preserve historical sites, archeological site, traditional building architecture	40%
Objective 2.8	Documentation of Arts (dance, music, drama, koothu, games)	document and preserve	40%
Objective 2.9	Art, Cultural and Literal Events ,	Document and preserve on regular basis	40%

Objective 3

Provide knowledge and information services to ensure free and open access thereby support educational, research and development endeavors related to Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities

Code	Description	Milestone
Objective 3.1	Information Architecture	Portal (Valaivaasal - A-Z)	70 %
Objective 3.2		Ayalaham -Metadata/catalog	70%
Objective 3.3		Classification View –Keywords	100%
Objective 3.4		Classification view- Subject heading	100%
Objective 3.5		Classification view - Dewey Decimal Classification	100%
Objective 3.6	Collection management	Latest Edition of Magazine- Ithazhaham	70%
Objective 3.7		Latest Edition of Newspaper (Vaasihasaalai)	50%
Objective 3.8		Special Collection (Muslim Archive)	90%
Objective 3.9		Special Collection (Upcountry Archive)	90%
Objective 3.10		Special Collection (Dalit Archive )	60 %
Objective 3.11		Special Collection (Women Archive)	60%
Objective 3.12	Dataset Development	Dataset- Bibliography (both archived and non-archived)	60%
Objective 3.13		Dataset- communities and villages	60%
Objective 3.14		Dataset - organizations	60%
Objective 3.15		Dataset- who’s' who	60%
Objective 3.16		Events : Nihalvukal	60%
Objective 3.17	Publications	Books- Monographs and compliation, Translation into and from Foreign Language , periodical-jurnals and magazine	20

Objective 4

Build communities of practice, processes, technologies and standards of archival, library information sciences through communication, networking and collaboration.

Code	Description	Milestone
Objective 4.1	Research Support	Technical and Financial support for the individuals or group for engaging in documentation	200
Objective 4.2	Collaboration: Institution	Organizations engaged in preservation, governments, academic and research institutions	20
Objective 4.3		Publishers (Content Contributors)	50
Objective 4.4	Foster User Community	Foster User Communities	20
Objective 4.5	Conference	Organize international and national conference	6