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Evelyn Ratnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies is located in Jaffna. It was the late Dr. James D.Ratnam who established this Foundation in memory of Mr. Ratnam's late wife Evelyn Vijayaratne Ratnam. Dr. Ratnam had a collection of books and research papers they had collected through his contacts attached to various universities. Educationists, leading legal figures and businessmen who were researchers always went to him for advice and used his library. Dr. Ratnam later donated a collection of his books to Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai. He also set up a building in Jaffna to store books that can be used for research purposes. This building was named Evelyn Ratnam Library. It is currently under the governance of the Board of Directors of Jaffna College.Noolaham Foundation is committed to digitizing and preserving collections related to Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka. In order to meet this objective, Noolaham Foundation is engaged in collecting documents found in libraries operating among Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka and archiving and preserving documents collected by individuals belonging to these communities. As part of a series of archiving initiatives, efforts are being made to gather and preserve documents related to the history, politics, economy, culture, education, literature and art of the Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka found in the Evelyn Ratnam Library. | Evelyn Ratnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies is located in Jaffna. It was the late Dr. James D.Ratnam who established this Foundation in memory of Mr. Ratnam's late wife Evelyn Vijayaratne Ratnam. Dr. Ratnam had a collection of books and research papers they had collected through his contacts attached to various universities. Educationists, leading legal figures and businessmen who were researchers always went to him for advice and used his library. Dr. Ratnam later donated a collection of his books to Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai. He also set up a building in Jaffna to store books that can be used for research purposes. This building was named Evelyn Ratnam Library. It is currently under the governance of the Board of Directors of Jaffna College.Noolaham Foundation is committed to digitizing and preserving collections related to Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka. In order to meet this objective, Noolaham Foundation is engaged in collecting documents found in libraries operating among Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka and archiving and preserving documents collected by individuals belonging to these communities. As part of a series of archiving initiatives, efforts are being made to gather and preserve documents related to the history, politics, economy, culture, education, literature and art of the Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka found in the Evelyn Ratnam Library. | ||
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| Project Number | NF/GP/2020/0007 | Grant Agency / Donors | Ayothi Library Service | Project Owner | Kopinath Thillainathan | |
| Project Mentor | Kopinath Thillainathan | Project Locations | Jaffna | Project Period | 2020 July - 2021 August | |
| Stakeholders | Evelyn Ratnam Library, Staff of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
Evelyn Ratnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies is located in Jaffna. It was the late Dr. James D.Ratnam who established this Foundation in memory of Mr. Ratnam's late wife Evelyn Vijayaratne Ratnam. Dr. Ratnam had a collection of books and research papers they had collected through his contacts attached to various universities. Educationists, leading legal figures and businessmen who were researchers always went to him for advice and used his library. Dr. Ratnam later donated a collection of his books to Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai. He also set up a building in Jaffna to store books that can be used for research purposes. This building was named Evelyn Ratnam Library. It is currently under the governance of the Board of Directors of Jaffna College.Noolaham Foundation is committed to digitizing and preserving collections related to Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka. In order to meet this objective, Noolaham Foundation is engaged in collecting documents found in libraries operating among Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka and archiving and preserving documents collected by individuals belonging to these communities. As part of a series of archiving initiatives, efforts are being made to gather and preserve documents related to the history, politics, economy, culture, education, literature and art of the Tamil-speaking communities in Sri Lanka found in the Evelyn Ratnam Library.
