Access Criteria of Noolaham Foundation

Open access to some of the electronic resources available through the Noolaham Foundation Digital library is limited for the following reasons.

1. To ensure that the intellectual property rights and publication rights of the concerned parties are not violated.

2. To ensure that the potential publishers and authors are not demotivated because of the open access policy.

Basic Criteria
The selected books or documents should be written by a person or persons from Tamil speaking communities or should be about Tamil Speaking communities.

Online access to Tamil Books and Documents
Tamil Books published after 31 st of Dec 2000, should not be given access online without written permission from the right holders. Tamil Books published within three years, should not be given access online, even though permission is granted by the right holder unless the right holder requests immediate online access.

Online Access to Document in English
It includes books, publications and research papers and should be authored by those belonging to the Sri Lanka Tamil speaking community. Access can be given only after obtaining written permission from right holders.

Online access to Magazines and Journals in Tamil
Open access shall be given after obtaining permission from the publishers of the contemporary magazines/ journals. Maximum effort should be taken to obtain permission before giving open access to non-contemporary magazines or magazines gone out of publication.

Online Access to Newspapers in Tamil
Permission should be obtained before giving online access to contemporary newspapers. Maximum effort should be taken to obtain permission before giving open access to non-contemporary newspapers gone out of publication.

Online access to Other Publications and Documents in Tamil
Maximum effort should be made to obtain the permission from the right holders before giving online access