Can people visit the physical
archive?
As part of the digitisation project, SALIDAA is
assembling archive material which is available for consultation at its
premises.
If you have any enquiries or would like to visit SALIDAA,
please contact us:
SALIDAA
c/o Centre for Urban History
University of Leicester
5 Salisbury Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
T/F: (+44) 020 7359 7666
info@salidaa.org.uk
How do you select material for
digitisation?
As part of the digital archive project, SALIDAA is
working closely with donors of archive material, both individuals and
organisations, to select items for digitisation and collect material to house
and preserve in the physical archive in the long term.
Our selection policy and the advice from experts making up
the SALIDAA Content Selection Committee provide the guiding principle for
determining what to collect and digitise. On the whole, we try and convey,
through the digitised items, a feel for the variety of works, activities and
developments of an individual or organisation through time.
British-based writers, artists, theatre or dance performers,
or musicians of South Asian origin who would like to be featured in the SALIDAA
digital archive or deposit material in the physical archive, should contact us.
What is the SALIDAA digital
archive?
The SALIDAA digital archive is a project supported by the
Big Lottery Fund
, a Lottery distributor, as part of a groundbreaking
UK-wide Government sponsored digitisation programme. The SALIDAA digital
archive aims to showcase the richness and diversity of contemporary South Asian
literature and arts in England by digitising a variety of text-based and visual
material accompanied by descriptive and contextual information.
Although not comprehensive, the digital archive provides a
representative sample of the artistic and cultural contribution made by South
Asian people to the developments of arts and literature in England.
Which subject areas and time span does the digital
archive
SALIDAA’s digital archive covers five main areas:
literature, visual arts, theatre, dance and music produced by South Asian
writers and artists in England since, approximately, 1947 to the present.
All digitised material is in the English language and ranges
from excerpts of fiction, poetry and plays, manuscripts and writers’ notes,
images of art works, photographs, leaflets, brochures and programmes of events,
stage and costume drawings of theatre and dance performances, lyrics, CD and
record covers, and music scores.
As a future development, one of the main priorities for
SALIDAA is to add material in South Asian languages as well as audio-visuals,
and to extend the coverage to include films. We will also aim to cover the rest
of Britain and collect material which pre-dates 1947.
Who is the archive for?
The archive
is aimed at anyone with an interest in contemporary literature, visual arts,
theatre, dance and music.
In particular, it is a useful resource for students,
researchers, academics, teachers, those working in the literary and cultural
sector as well as the media.
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