Digital Libraries, Religious Online Libraries, Religion, Jainism, Information Sources on Jainism, Ethical information

1. Digital Religious Libraries:
Access to Ethical Information
Dr. Vivekanand Jain
Deputy Librarian
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi - 221005

2. Introduction
• This is the age of Information communication
technology, which influences all part of human
life. Technology based religious services like:
online worship (Arti, Darshan), speeches
(Pravachan) donation (Dan) and solution to
various problems (Vastu/ Dosh), etc. are
commonly seen on various channels on
television.

3. • Now, dedicated Religious TV
channels are available like
Sanskar, Sadhna, Paras, Kalash, Jinva
ni, etc. It makes global impact of
religion on society.

4. Social Media
• Personal website: Religious Guru / Saint/
Monk/ Muni / Sadhu/ Mathadhish are
having their personal website.
• They are using social media for
communication to individual and masses
like mobile phone, Face
book, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, You tube, etc.

5. Institutional Websites
• Most of the religious institutions are
having its own websites by which they
are propagating their own activities to
the society.
• Websites/ blogs are the easy option to
provide global visibility for any
institution/individual.

6. Why Digital Libraries?
• Online digital resources increase the efficiency
of users to access more resources.
• Digitalization of resources is a step to preserve
rich cultural heritage and vast knowledge
treasure for coming generations.
• To cope up with the information needs with
speed and relative accuracy and reliability, the
digital library is the most important and
reliable solution.

7. • Information Communication Technologies
(ICT) transforms the activities and services of
libraries from manual system to digital
information services.
• Banaras Hindu University library started
digitization program in 2004 and continuously
in process of digitizing its rare
manuscripts, theses, journals and special
collections for visually challanged into digital
format for preservation and global
accessibility.

8. Why Digitization?
• Easier to access remotely;
• Fast mode of communication;
• Powerful searching and browsing facilities ;
• Foundation for new value added services; and
• Digitization serves as a preservation tool.

9. http://www.upadhyaygyansagar.net

11. Jain Muni

12. Jain Places / Temples

13. Jain Digital Library

14. www.jainlibrary.org

19. www.jaina.org

20. http://www.dli.gov.in/

22. Project Gutenberg
• Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to
digitize and archive cultural works, to
"encourage the creation and distribution of
eBooks".
• Founded in 1971
• As of April 2013, Project Gutenberg claimed
over 42,000 items in its collection,
www.gutenberg.org

25. World Digital Library
www.wdl.org

28. www.doaj.org
DOAJ AS OF TODAY
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8622 journals
4311 journals searchable
at article level
972017 articles

29. 66 Journals & 3535 Article related to Religion

30. Library of Paris

33. Cultural Collection of Europe

34. http://www.europeana.eu/

36. Jain E-Books
on Jainworld.com

38. JAIN VIEW OF LIFE BY Prof. T. G. Kalghatgi, Mysore

39. The Jain Path of Ahimsa

40. www.jainonweb.com

41. www.jaindharmonline.com

47. Worship of Book in all Religion
• I found that every religion has a sacred book.
For example :
In Hindu religion Bhagwad Geeta is treated as
most sacred book; for Jainism – Jinvani
(Agam) are sacred book preached by
Acharyas; In Muslim Quaran is most sacred
book; For Christian the Holy Bible and for
Sikhism the Guru Granth Sahib is highly
respectable document.

48. Holy Books of
All Religions
JINVANI

49. OLPC : 2005 Data

51. Temple of All Religions (Russian: Храм всех религий)
or the Temple of the Universe (Russian: Вселенский
храм) is an architectural complex in Kazan, Russia.

52. Summary
• Digitalization of resources is a step to
preserve our rich cultural heritage and vast
knowledge treasure for coming generations.
• To cope up with the information needs with
speed and relative accuracy and
reliability, the digital library is the most
important and reliable solution.

53. Summary
• Information on Digital Libraries for global
access.
• Netizens / online net users are not believed in
the political boundaries of the nations. They
feel themselves as a global citizen.
• Impact : Earlier Jainism was confined to a small
region of India, but now all good concepts /
ethical things spread all over the world through
internet. Social media increase the boundaries
of Jainism form India to global.

54. Summary
• Libraries are real democratic institution
which serves all type of people of society and
providing them literature on all religions and
philosophy without any discrimination.
• Digital Libraries provides opportunities to
know about all religions, way of
worship, their religious values, to understand
and communicate with each other.

55. Conclusion
• Digital Religious Libraries can play
an important role in Inter- Religious
Dialogue for understanding religious
values which makes peace and
harmony in the world.