Roadmap 2020

Objective 1

Document, preserve and digitally archive ethnography and knowledge bases such as dialects, belief systems, myths, rituals, folklore, games, indigenous medicine, law and administrative systems, technologies and arts of mainstream and marginalized communities.

Code	Main Programs	Programs
Objective 1.1	Cultural Memory	Dialects, Religions, Beliefs, Myths, Rituals, Festivals, Folklore, Oral Histories etc
Objective 1.2	Traditional Science, Technology, Law and Crafts	Astrology, Maritime Technology, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Education, Law, Crafts etc
Objective 1.3	Traditional Arts and Activities	Dance, Music, Drama, koothu, Games etc
Objective 1.4	Ethno Medicine and Herbalism	Traditional Medicinal knowledge and practices
Objective 1.5	Home	Foods and Beverages, Dress and Ornaments, Furniture, Household equipment, Decoration
Objective 1.6	Kinship and Social Structure	Kinship, Family Histories, Caste System
Objective 1.7	Villages and Communities	Villages, Towns, Cities and Community Profiles
Objective 1.8	Organizations	Schools, Temples, Churches, Mosques, Theatre, Libraries
Objective 1.9	Historical and Archaeological Objects	Historical Sites, Archaeological Sites, Traditional Building Architecture
Objective 1.10	Landscape, Environment and Biodiversity	Environment, Flora, Fauna
Objective 1.11	Ethnography	Ethnography
Objective 1.12	Events and Festivals	Document Art, Cultural, Literary events and Festivals on regular basis

Objective 2

Engage in and support preservation and digital archiving of written, print, multi-media and electronic resources related to Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities.

Code	Main Programs	Programs
Objective 2.1	Archive of Print Documents	Books, Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, Booklets, Reports, Souvenirs, Felicitations, Memoirs, Posters, Leaflets, Invitations, Factsheets, Dissertations and Abstracts
Objective 2.2	Manuscripts Archive	Ola leaf, Letters, Diaries and other hand written documents
Objective 2.3	Multimedia Archives	Audio, Video, Photos and Images, Maps, Drawings
Objective 2.4	Web and Electronic Resources Archives	Web News Archive, Web Site / Blog, Electronic Resources

Objective 3

Provide knowledge and information services to ensure free and open access thereby support educational, research and development endeavors related to Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities

Code	Main Programs	Programs
Objective 3.1	Information Architecture	Portals
Objective 3.2		Classification (Keywords, Subject headings, Dewey Decimal Classification)
Objective 3.3	Collection Management	Ongoing Collection Development (Ithazhaham, Vaasihasaalai)
Objective 3.4		Special Collections (Muslim Archive, Upcountry Archive, Dalit Archive, Women Archive)
Objective 3.5	Dataset Development	Dataset - Bibliography (both archived and non-archived), Communities and Villages, Organizations, Who’s Who
Objective 3.9	Virtual Learning Environments	Educational Resources, Virtual Learning Environment

Objective 4

Build communities of practice, processes, technologies and standards of archival, library information sciences through communication, networking and collaboration.

Code	Main Programs	Programs
Objective 4.1	Research Support	Technical and Financial support for the individuals or groups for engaging in documentation
Objective 4.2	Collaboration	Organizations engaged in preservation, Academic Institutions, Research Institutions, Publishers
Objective 4.3	User Communities	Foster User Communities
Objective 4.4	Conference, Seminars and Workshops	Annual Conference and seminars
Objective 4.5	Publications	Books, Translations, Journals and Magazines
Objective 4.6	Information Commons	Foster Open Access publishing, Creative Commons, Open Media and OpenCourseWare