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Availability of Open Access Books in Punjabi Over Different Web Portals: a Descriptive Study Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences ISSN: 2349-4352 (Online) Volume 4, Issue 3 www.stmjournals.com Availability of Open Access Books in Punjabi over Different Web Portals: A Descriptive Study Sukhdev Singh* Librarian, Guru Nanak College, Sukhchainana Sahib, Phagwara, Punjab, India Abstract Punjabi is the eleventh largely spoken language of the world. It is the mother tongue of 120 million Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians inhibiting the vast stretch from Multan to Delhi in the North-West of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Of the total 120 million speakers, 76 million are in Pakistan and 33 million in India. Punjabi diaspora in 35 countries, especially in North America, Europe and Australia has taken its culture to the adopted countries. By another account, Punjabi has registered its presence in 150 countries of the world. No wonder then Punjabi is the second largest spoken language in England and ranks third in British Columbia, Canada. In the age of information communication technology (ICT), a large number of multilingual e-books are freely available over Internet on different subjects. Books in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) have no exception of this influence as several web portals and digital libraries also provide open access electronic/digitized books in Punjabi. The present study talks about them. Keywords: Sikh book club, Punjabi library, APNA, Unistar Books, PDL *Author for Correspondence E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION graduate students have the freedom to opt Punjabi (also written as Panjabi) is one of the Punjabi as the medium of examination. Half a ancient languages of the Indo-Aryan family dozen universities in Northern India have related to Rigvedic culture. By this relation, it research and post-graduate teaching is estimated to be 3500 years old, though its departments of Punjabi language and literature modern shape and form evolved only about [2]. 1000 years ago. Its modern period of development is considered to be 15th to 18th In 1837, the Christian missionaries established centuries. About 500 years ago, the Sikh Christian Mission Press in Ludhiana. It has a Gurus used and popularized its Brahmi script significant impact on cultural and literary from where it got the name Gurmukhi (from history of Punjab. The pioneers of this press the mouth of Guru) [1]. undertook the initiative to compile first ever grammar and dictionary of Punjabi. It was to Punjabi is one of the recognised national equip them with the proper knowledge of languages of India and enjoys the same legal Punjabi. In 1849 was published the first status as languages of other states of India. By dictionary of Punjabi while its first grammar the 1968 Punjabi Official Language Act was published in 1851 [3]. With these premier (Amended in 2008), it has given the legal works, the era of Punjabi publications started. status of the official language of the Punjab Development of books in Gurmukhi can be state. It is mandatory to use it for all sorts of divided into three stages: official and judicial work in government Initial Stage offices and its subsidiaries and autonomous It started before the British occupation. Such institutions. sources in manuscript form were compiled to understand the religious texts of ancient and Now Punjabi language is a compulsory subject medieval ages. up to graduate level in Punjabi University Historical Stage (Patiala) and Guru Nanak Dev University It spans the period from British annexation of (Amritsar). In Punjabi University, the post- Punjab to the independence of India. JoALS (2017) 86-93 © STM Journals 2017. All Rights Reserved Page 86 Availability of Open Access Books in Punjabi over Web Portals Singh Sukhdev Development Stage But so far no effort has been made to conduct a It started with the independence of India. study of these web portals hosting Punjabi Bhai Vir Singh (1872–1957) is considered a publications. Furthermore, readers of Punjabi pioneer of modern Punjabi literature [1]. books are not much familiar with such online sources of Punjabi books of greater importance. Advances in computer applications during the Therefore, keeping the significance of this last few decades have brought radical topic, the present study has been undertaken changes in the way information is gathered, and justify. stored, organized, accessed, preserved and consumed. The application of computers in SCOPE information processing has brought several The study examines web portals related to open products and services to the scene. Now-a- access digitized/electronic books in Punjabi. It days internet is a genie for information is only concerned with those web portals and seekers which instantly provides the desired digital libraries which gather, store, organize, information searched from the World Wide preserve and provide open access books in Web. The internet and the web are constantly Punjabi language and literature. influencing the development of new modes of scholarly communication without any OBJECTIVES geographical barrier encountered by the • To explore the web portals and digital producer as well as the consumer of the libraries providing open access books in information. In the age of internet, time lag Punjabi; between production and delivery of scholarly • To make the readers familiar with online information has been drastically reduced. sources of e-books related to Punjabi language and literature; Thousands of digitized/electronic books in • To open a new way of building every Punjabi on different subjects are freely reader his/her personal library of Punjabi available over internet. Regretfully, the readers of Punjabi books are not much aware books by connecting the web users with of these web portals and digital libraries available web portals and digital libraries storing open access books in Punjabi. The whence they can download books of their present study highlights the web portals and interest; digital libraries that would be beneficial to • To encourage the readers of Punjabi access e-books of Punjabi language and language and literature to use web portals literature. related to Punjabi publications; • To ascertain the numbers, types and WHAT IS A WEB PORTAL? formats of e-books in Gurmukhi. A portal is a network service bringing together content from diverse distributed WEB PORTALS OF OPEN ACCESS resources. It is a possibly personalized, BOOKS IN PUNJABI common point of access where searching can Web portals and digital libraries related to e- be carried out across one or more than one books in Gurmukhi are as follows: resources and the amalgamated results Sikh Book Club[4] (Figure 1) viewed. Here information may be presented It brings in the collection of digitized books that via other means, for example, alerting unite its readers to the ideology and principles services and conference listings or links to e- of Sikhism. It is an attempt to educate the high- prints and learning materials. tech generation. The portal provides three types of broad access points to e-books namely RESEARCH PROBLEM category, author and language. Except these, As discussed earlier, there are a number of there is a search box atop the homepage to web portals over internet providing open retrieve the desired e-books instantly. The access books in Punjabi. It covers almost all portal stores e-books in the following languages the disciplines of human knowledge. (Table 1). JoALS (2017) 86-93 © STM Journals 2017. All Rights Reserved Page 87 Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences Volume 4, Issue 3 ISSN: 2349-4352 (Online) Fig. 1: Home Page of SikhBookClub [4]. The huge digital collection comprises of books Vidhia.com (http://www.vidhia.com) written by Bhai Vir Singh, Giani Sant Singh (Figure 2) Maskeen, Khushwant Singh, Prof. Sahib It is a project of USA based Khalis Foundation Singh, Bhai Randhir Singh and many more dedicated to raise awareness about Sikhism eminent writers and notable poets. The e- and Sikh history. It holds 29 folders under books can be downloaded in Portable different subject headings consisting of 432 Document Format (PDF). The readers have to files of PDF books in Punjabi and English. All create their accounts to download the desired the digitized books are related to Sikh religion e-books. and Sikh history. It is a useful subject portal for scholars and students of religious and Table 1: Language Wise Distribution of E- spiritual study. Books. Sr. No. Language Number of E-Books Academy of the Punjab in North America 1 Punjabi 1786 (http://www.apnaorg.com)[6] (Figure 3) 2 English 840 Table 2: Category Wise Distribution of E- Books. 3 Hindi 228 Sr. No. Category Number of E-Books 4 Urdu 14 1 Classics 13 5 French 10 2 History 14 6 Romanian 08 3 Biography 21 7 Spanish 07 4 Novel 16 8 Russian 05 5 Poetry 16 9 Italian 05 6 Travelogue 07 10 German 04 7 Short Stories 16 11 Dutch 03 8 Prose 32 12 Kannada 03 9 Play 11 13 Malay 02 10 Shiv Manuscripts 03 14 Sanskrit 02 11 Magazine 01 15 Portuguese 01 12 General 16 16 Thai 01 13 Dictionaries 02 17 Sindhi 01 JoALS (2017) 86-93 © STM Journals 2017. All Rights Reserved Page 88 Availability of Open Access Books in Punjabi over Web Portals Singh Sukhdev To promote Punjabi language, literature and Web users can download e-books in PDF. culture, a large number of e-books in different Some e-books have not the option to languages are available on apnaorg.com. download. They can only be read online. Digitized books in Punjabi have been Except the e-books, large collection of old organized under the following categories Punjabi songs, movies and plays can also be (Table 2). found here. Fig. 2: Home Page of Vidhia.com [5]. Fig. 3: Home Page of apnaorg.com [6]. JoALS (2017) 86-93 © STM Journals 2017. All Rights Reserved Page 89 Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences Volume 4, Issue 3 ISSN: 2349-4352 (Online) Punjabi Library using a materialist interpretation of historical (http://www.punjabilibrary.com) (Figure 4) development and a dialectical view of social The purpose of this web portal is to promote transformation.
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