Programs and Projects

Print Publications Archive The Publications Archive Program digitizes all print documents which are related to Sri Lankan Tamil communities. The printed documents include Books, Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, Newsletters, Booklets, Reports, Souvenirs and Felicitations, Annual Publications, Posters, Flyers and Leaflets, Fact sheets, Invitations, Memorial Publications, Dissertations, Ephemera, Trade and Advertising Publications, and Guides and handbooks. By December 2012, Noolaham has documented 12,108 publications. Manuscripts Archive This program digitizes all kinds of hand written documents such as palm leaves, notebooks, letters, diaries and other hand written manuscripts. Most of these materials are unique and fragile. They need special handling and equipment to be digitized. Digital Library The Digital Library program facilitates information access by users by by maintaining the information architecture of the archived information resources. Please visit www.noolaham.org to use this digital library. Collection Development This program focuses on creating critical mass of collections so that they can be used by students, researchers and general public to fulfill their information needs effectively. Currently four special collections and two ongoing collections are being developed by the Foundation. Multimedia Archives This program collects and archive images, maps, video files and audio files. This program is in its initiation stage and the first phase, the Photo archive, is being developed and is expected to be online by June 2013.

Virtual Learning Environments This is yet another ambitious program of Noolaham Foundation. This program will create comprehensive virtual learning enviornments for school and university students. This program will be implemented in 5 phases and currently the first phase, creation of a digital library for students, is being carried out. Reference Collections Noolaham aims to collect information and create in depth details about people, places, organizations and information sources. This program will be the backbone of the information architecture needed for all other programs and will become a useful reference tool. Currently information about organizations are being collected. Conferences and Symposiums Conferences and Symposiums are organized to encourage inter-disciplinary research that would offer an opportunity to scholars working in the fields of history, archaeology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, linguistics and literary studies to draw insights from each other’s discipline in order to enhance their own research. The first project of this program TDC 2013 was held in April 2013. Noolaham Events Noolaham Events program focus on building volunteer communities and educating wider public on various issues including Information Literacy, Digital Library usage and digital preservation. Lectures, seminars, workshops and exhibitions will be conducted through this program. Since 2010, this program is being implemented. Publications Noolaham Foundation publishes books, newsletters, magazine and journal. This program is a part of the outreach strategy of the Foundation and contributes towards awareness raising and documentation as well. The first issue of Noolaham journal will be released in April 2013. Please visit Publications page to access past publications.