Which digitization program was initiated by National Library of India?

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  1. Down the memory lane
  2. Dware Dware Gyan Sampada
  3. Information for all
  4. Aatma Nirbhar Bharat

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Option 1 : Down the memory lane
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UGC NET Paper 1: Held on 21st August 2024 Shift 1
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The Correct answer is Down the Memory Lane:

Key Points

  • Down the Memory Lane:
    • ​The National Library of India initiated in the late 1990s a digitization program, known as 'Down the Memory Lane, to digitize rare books, manuscripts, and other resources from its collection.
  • Dware Dware Gyan Sampada;
    • Mobile Digital Library (Dware Dware Gyan Sampada)is a product from C-DAC-ERDC Noida.
    • For spreading and promoting literacy among the common citizens, Internet-enabled Mobile
      Digital Library was brought to use. 
  • The Information for All Programme (IFAP)
    • The Information for All Programme (IFAP) is a unique program of  UNESCO.
    • It was Created by UNESCO Member States in 2001.
    • The 12th session of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) will take place in a hybrid format at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in Salle XI, on 21 and 22 June 2023.
  • ​Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan;
    • Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan is the mission started by the Government of India on 13th May 2020, towards making India Self-reliant.
    • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has been actively pursuing the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

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  • . OTHER DIGITAL LIBRARY INITIATIVES IN INDIA 
    • ​Archives of Indian Labour: The Archives of Indian Labour was set up in July 1998 as a collaborative project of V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and the Association of Indian Labour Historians.
    • Digital Library of art Masterpieces: HP Labs, (Hewlett Packard’s) announced a pilot project with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) to digitize part of the art collection in the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA).
    • The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has set up the Indian National Digital
      Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST)
      Consortium on the recommendation made by the Expert Group.
    • Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), established a Digital Library, known as “Kalasampada”, (Digital Library Resource for Indian Cultural Heritage).

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