Nalini Balbir

Jainpedia: An Inclusive Website and Some Recent Initiatives in Digital Jainology

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to inform the public about the Jainpedia website, now in its second version, from both the perspective of the scholarly content producer and the users. The site is the original result of academics associated with librarians and members of the Jain community of the diaspora in the UK, eager to use new technological tools to promote their tradition in a non-sectarian and scholarly way. The aim of the site is to bring to the fore the rich heritage of Jain manuscripts held in the main London libraries (British Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, Wellcome Collection) through a significant selection of digitised images. The site provides a standard of comparison for the creation of new websites combining images of manuscripts, description of manuscripts, and allied contents for contextualising the ideological or religious backgrounds of the items digitised. In its final section, the article illustrates some recent initiatives in digital Jainology.
Keywords: Jainism, Digitisation of manuscripts, Encyclopedic contents online, Digital resources, Online contents illustrated
Contenuto in: The Universe of Knowledge. Celebrating Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972)
Curatori: Fausto Freschi e Andrea Cuna
Editore: Forum
Luogo di pubblicazione: Udine
Anno di pubblicazione: 2024
Collana: Tracce. Itinerari di ricerca/Area umanistica e della formazione
ISBN: 978-88-3283-428-4
ISBN: 978-88-3283-486-4 (versione digitale/pdf)
Pagine: 205-219
DOI: 10.4424/978-88-3283-486-4-08
Licenza: Creative Commons
Per citare: Nalini Balbir, «Jainpedia: An Inclusive Website and Some Recent Initiatives in Digital Jainology», in Fausto Freschi e Andrea Cuna (a cura di), The Universe of Knowledge. Celebrating Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972), Udine, Forum, 2024, pp. 205-219
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