After a long wait, the Telangana State Archives and Research Institute (TSARI) will now have a website of its own, a descriptive catalogue of documents it houses and digitised archival records.
The move comes after several stories were carried in these columns which underscored the state of affairs at the TSARI, including a pressing need for preservation of documents, the disrepair of the building in Tarnaka from which it operates, the number of vacant posts there, and a lack of adequate funds. Further, the TSARI had pointed to the State government the pressing need for additional funds for digitisation of its records.
A government order which was recently issued had sanctioned a total of ₹ 1 crore for digitisation of records, preparing a descriptive catalogue, and DMS, digital library and website. The TSARI will also hire on a temporary basis four Persian to English translators, and six Urdu to English translators. This is being done for cataloguing of archival records, and other translation work.
