Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Information Technology University (ITU) the Punjab, are jointly collaborating with the Punjab Archives and Libraries Department and Columbia University's Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities to start digitizing historical archives to open up a treasure trove of historical records for academia and historians worldwide for research by involving international experts. Dr Umar Saif, Chairman, PITB said in his opening remarks on the first day of the seminar on, "Knowledge Architectures and Archives" here Monday.
Umar Saif said "We were opening up our centuries old archives to the World, which had limited access earlier and were being saved in traditional manner, while now through use of technology and recommendations of the participating experts and analysts such rare and precious asset would also preserve our shining art, culture and history."
Umar Rasool, Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab said digitization of archives would bring them on the radar of the government for research as things good for people always sustained.
The precious historical material from Ranjeet Singh era to date would be made available to everyone to have knowledge about evolution in the region, which would also include undisclosed documents such as manifesto, death sentence order of Bhagat Singh scheduled to display on March 23, 2018 on Pakistan Day at tomb of Anarkali. Tahir Yusuf, Secretary Punjab Archives and Libraries, informed that the archival documents being digitized have been shortlisted, which would preserve the historical documents for generations to come and save them from getting mutilated due to weather conditions.
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