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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Digital library hosted by the University of Virginia focusing on Tibet and the Himalayas}}<br />
The '''Tibetan and Himalayan Library''' ('''THL'''), formerly the '''Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library''' ('''THDL'''), is a multimedia guide and [[digital library]] hosted by the [[University of Virginia]] focused on the languages, history and geography of [[Tibet]] and the [[Himalayas]]. The THL has also designed a scholarly transcription for [[Standard Tibetan]] known as the [[THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
THDL was established in 2000 in association with the [[University of Virginia]] Library and the [[Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities]], using the innovative [[Fedora Commons]] (Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture) system. Content includes publications, research resources, language learning materials, and a gazetteer.<br />
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THDL provides "an integrated environment for the digital publication of many diverse academic projects connected with Tibet and the Himalayan region". <br />
The structure of THDL consists of five overarching domains: Collections, Reference, Community, Tools, and Education.<br />
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Content of THDL is in English, [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Dzongkha]] and Chinese languages. Most content in the digital library is published under the THDL Public License For Digital Texts.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thdl.org/xml/showEssay.php?xml=/tools/THDLTextLicense.xml | title = THDL Public License for Digital Texts | publisher = THDL | accessdate = 2008-06-28 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080514092600/http://www.thdl.org/xml/showEssay.php?xml=%2Ftools%2FTHDLTextLicense.xml | archivedate = 2008-05-14 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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The project is run by an international team of scholars from universities and private organizations around the world.<br />
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THDL hosts the [[Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies]] ([[JIATS]]), a freely available online, [[peer-reviewed]] [[English language]] [[academic journal]] focusing on [[Tibetology|Tibetan studies]].<br />
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== Tibetan Machine Uni ==<br />
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'''Tibetan Machine Uni''' is an open source [[OpenType]] font for the [[Tibetan script]] based on a design by Tony Duff which was updated and adapted for rendering [[Unicode]] Tibetan text by the Tibetan and Himalayan Library project at the University of Virginia and released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. The font supports a particularly extensive set of conjunct ligatures for Tibetan.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/r/155/whm.html Review of the Tibetan and Himalayan Library] at World History Sources<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060909074018/https://www.oscar.virginia.edu/asp/PublicAward.asp?AwardID=26989 The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library: A New Model for the Nexus of Knowledge and Community for Academic Study of Other Cultures]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070607082812/http://www.crl.edu/areastudies/ticfia/uvathdl.pdf THDL Project Overview]<br />
*[http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may02/05inbrief.html#GERMANO In Brief: The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library], D-Lib Magazine,Volume 8, Number 5, May 2002 {{ISSN|1082-9873}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.thlib.org/ Tibetan & Himalayan Library]<br />
* [http://www.thdl.org/ Old Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library site]<br />
* [http://www.thlib.org/collections/journal/jiats/index.php The Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (JIATS)]<br />
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[[Category:Geographic region-oriented digital libraries]]<br />
[[Category:University of Virginia]]<br />
[[Category:Himalayan culture]]<br />
[[Category:Himalayan studies]]<br />
[[Category:Tibetan culture]]<br />
[[Category:2000 establishments in Virginia]]<br />
[[Category:American digital libraries]]<br />
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