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UNIVERSAL
DIGITAL LIBRARY
About
UDL
The
Universal digital library has the vision " A
Million Books To The Web Assembling - The World's
Biggest Library On Everybody's
Desktop".
The basic motive of the Universal Digital Library (UDL) project is
to provide access to the rich repository of knowledge to everybody.
The initiative was taken by a group of institutions spread across
different parts of the country together with the Carnegie Melon
University (USA). The IIIT-A was designated as a mega-center in the
project. The major objective is to capture and store more than a
million books in the digital format and to develop the required
language technologies.
The
Universal Digital Library Centre was inaugurated By
Prof. Raj Reddy of CMU, on 9th
of
Sept 2003 at IIIT, Allahabad. Dr.
M.D.Tiwari, Director IIIT-A, is also chairman of UDL project at Allahabad
center.
Nodal Center: Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore
Other
three mega centers are
1. International
Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2. CDAC- Noida
3. CDAC- Kolkota
Coordination
and Research Center in India
Academic
Institutions
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Anna
University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Arulmigu
Kalasligam College of Engineering (AKCE), Srivilliputur, Madurai,
Tamil Nadu
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Goa
University, Goa
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Indian
Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,Karnataka
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International
Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
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Osmania
University, Hyderabad
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Punjab
Technical University, Punjab
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Shanmugha
Art, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjavur,
Tamil
Nadu
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University
Of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
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University
of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra
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Indian
Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, U.P.
Religious
and Cultural Institutions
Government
and Research Agencies
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