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	Preservation Projects	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, Factsheets	10,000
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		Letters Archive	2,000
Objective 1.10		Diaries and other hand written documents	2,000
Objective 1.11	Multimedia Archives	Audio Archive	7,000
Objective 1.12		Video Archive	5,300
Objective 1.13		Photos and Images, Maps, Drawings	21,200
Objective 1.14	Web Archives	Web News Archive	75%
Objective 1.15		Web Site / Blog Archive	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	Dialects, Religions, Beliefs, Myths, Rituals, Festivals, Folklore, Oral Histories etc	40%
Objective 2.2	Traditional Science, Technology, Law and Crafts	Astrology, Maritime Technology, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Education, Law, Crafts etc	40%
Objective 2.3	Arts	Dance, Music, Drama, koothu, Games etc	40%
Objective 2.4	Ethno Medicine and Herbalism	Traditional Medicine such as Siddha Medicine.	40%
Objective 2.5	Home	Foods and Beverages, Dress and Ornaments, Furniture, Household equipment, Decoration	40%
Objective 2.6	Personalities, Kinship	Who is who, Family Histories	40%
Objective 2.7	Villages and Community Profiles	Villages, Towns, Cities and Community Profiles	40%
Objective 2.8	Organizations	Schools, Temples, Churches, Mosques, Theatre, Libraries	40%
Objective 2.9	Historical and Archaeological Objects	Historical Sites, Archaeological Sites, Traditional Building Architecture	40%
Objective 2.10	Landscape, Environment and Biodiversity	Environment, Flora, Fauna	40%
Objective 2.11	Events and Festivals	Document Art, Cultural, Literary events and Festivals 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	Portals	70%
Objective 3.2		Classification (Keywords, Subject headings, Dewey Decimal Classification)	100%
Objective 3.3	Collection Management	Ongoing Collection Development (Ithazhaham, Vaasihasaalai)	70%
Objective 3.4		Special Collections (Muslim Archive, Upcountry Archive, Dalit Archive, Women Archive)	80%
Objective 3.5	Dataset Development	Dataset - Bibliography (both archived and non-archived)	60%
Objective 3.6		Dataset - Communities and Villages	60%
Objective 3.7		Dataset - Organizations	60%
Objective 3.8		Dataset - Who’s Who	60%
Objective 3.9	Virtual Learning Environments	Educational Resources, Virtual Learning Environment	100%

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 groups for engaging in documentation	200
Objective 4.2	Collaboration	Organizations engaged in preservation, Academic Institutions, Research Institutions, Publishers	20
Objective 4.3	User Communities	Foster User Communities	20
Objective 4.4	Conference and Seminars	Annual Conference and seminars	6
Objective 4.5	Publications	Books, Translations, Journals and Magazines	6
Objective 4.6	Information Commons	Foster Open Access publishing, Creative Commons, Open Media and OpenCourseWare