Friday, July 22, 2011

South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)

It was founded in 2008 in order to document and provide access to the diverse and relatively unknown stories of South Asian Americans. Our collection reflects the vast range of experiences of the South Asian diaspora in the United States, including those who trace their heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the many South Asian diaspora communities across the globe. 

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) hopes to play an important role in the preservation and availability of primary historical materials that document the history of South Asian American communities. We envision an organization that will encourage dialogue, debate and discussion on the role of history in the creation of South Asian American identities and communities. Our ultimate goal is to examine the importance of the past in shaping the future and to ensure that the stories of the South Asian diaspora in the United States are preserved for future generations.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

2 Million ebooks on a single platform

Informatics (India) Limited  introduces World E-Book Library (WEL) - a platform hosting more than 2 million e-books.

For just US$ 2 per user per year, students, faculty, researcher and staff will have unlimited access to over 2 Million eBooks. This collection of books includes hundreds of thousands of the most popular books of all time, and in a variety of subjects, such as: Language Arts, Math, History, Political Science, Physics, Medicine Biology, etc. These titles have been, scanned from their originals and digitally re-mastered to enhance the reading experience.

All of the eBooks are in PDF file format, and all of the Audio eBooks are in MP3 file format. These formats have been specially designed to be cross platform compatible with all PCs, Laptops, PDAs, iPad/iPods, eReaders, or Smartphones.

With the eBook Library's MARC21 and MARCXML records libraries can easily
import all of WEL's 2,000,000+ eBooks and ePublications to your library's OPAC. Your library's patrons may download all the eBooks they could ever read in a lifetime and keep them forever. Unlike other eBook subscription services, WPL eBooks never expire and your users have access to much more new content year on year on every renewal.

World E-book Library free trial for 14 days is available through Informatics site after you register yourself as a new user on the following link -
http://www.informindia.co.in/iil_index.asp
 
You will get your login ID and password the next day.

Contact Details 

If you need any further information on subscription of the above platform. For any further details, please contact to soji@informindia.co.in

Address

Soji Mathew, Sales & Marketing Administrator, Informatics (India) Limited, 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560004, India.
Phone: +91 80 4038 7777 Extn: 1013, Fax: +91 80 4038 7600.