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Electronic information systems create new technical opportunities
both for inventory-making and the preservation and
scholarly investigation of various objects of culture. written
sources in particular. However, the creation of an electronic
database for Tibetan manuscripts and block-prints faces
many difficulties. The modem computer equipment necessary
to create a high quality electronic catalogue is often
lacking. Also, any researcher who wishes to create a manuscript
database, must first of all possess an excellent knowledge
of the Tibetan language for the correct comprehension
of Tibetan texts, which are frequently illegible either because
of decayed, poor quality paper or poor print quality.
Moreover, the large number of Tibetan manuscripts and
block-prints (about 15. 000) in the repository of the Institute
of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude)
renders the task very time-consuming...
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