Technology

Technology is an integral component of many programs undertaken by the Noolaham Foundation. We use and build on range of technologies including scanning technologies, archiving and digital library software, educational software and collaboration tools.

The Technology Team is responsible for the strategic technology planning and infrastructure implementation for all of Noolaham's operations. Documentation/data collection, scanning, online library, project management and co-ordination all require cost effective software and hardware infrastructure and support.

Key Activities

Key activities for the Technology Team include:

• Customization, hosting, maintenance and backup of the Noolaham digital library.
• Software, hardware and logistics support for various Noolaham Foundation's projects.
• Guidance with regards to scanners, scanning technologies and processes to be implemented in the Noolaham scanning centers.
• Research, reporting and implementation of the technical Digital Preservation Standards for the Noolaham Foundation.
• Providing internal collaboration and project management tools.
• Technology, analysis and support for the design and implementation of multi-lingual and multimedia digital library software.
• Provide risk assessment and of the digital collections supported by the Noolaham foundation.
• Support research and development of language technologies such as OCR.
• Establishing Virtual Class Room for supporting educational need of students
• Archiving websites that contains Sri Lankan Tamil related contents.

Our Team

We are a diverse team of information technology professionals, programmers, academics and students.

• Natkeeran L.K (Software Developer)
• Vinodth Rajan (Software Developer)
• Sundar (Information extraction specialist; perl hacker)
• Sarveswaran K (Lecturer at Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna; Open source contributor)
• Nimalaprakasan Skandhakumar (PhD student at Queensland University of Technology; Information security)
• Uthayasanker Thayasivam (PhD student at University of Georgia; Semantic web)
• K.Sureshkumar (Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
• Saravanaperumal Paranetharan (Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
• Balachandran Sanjith (Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
• Kanagasabai Erlilverl (Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering)