Template:Digitization and Dissemination of Contemporary Tamil Newspapers Pilot Project

The ‘Digitization and Dissemination of Contemporary Tamil Newspapers Pilot Project’ was carried out by Noolaham Foundation in 2010 to digitize the current issues contemporary newspapers. It was a collaborative project undertaken by Noolaham Foundation collective with various publishers. The project aimed at collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the printed newspapers. The main objectives this project was to provide open access of contemporary newspaper, preserve and create wide global visibility of these packed valuable information. The project was implemented as pilot project to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and effect size (statistical variability) in an attempt to predict an appropriate sample size and improve upon the study design prior to a full-scale project.

Totally 246 valuable contemporary newspapers under the four titles were digitized through this project and made available online through Noolaham Foundation’s Digital Library at www.noolaham.org. These collections included 165 numbers of ‘Thinakkathir’, 42 numbers of ‘Thisai’, 10 numbers of ‘Nihari’ and 29 number of ‘Aathavan’ newspaper and last two were published by Ravaya publishers, Colombo. These publications are analyzing of social, political, cultural and judicial views of Sri Lanka. A web portal also was created so that all contemporary magazines can be accessed easily.