South Asia Open Archives celebrates Open Access Week

 

South Asia Open Archives (SAOA)

Contact 

Neel Agrawal

nagrawal@crl.edu(link sends e-mail)

South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) celebrates 2020 Open Access Week(link is external), from October 19-25, 2020. SAOA (available at saoa.crl.edu) is an open access collection of materials for the historical study of South Asia, hosted on JSTOR's open access platform.

 

SAOA continues to diversify and strengthen its curated collections. SAOA’s open access collections have increased to approximately 23,000 items and nearly 700,000 pages, spanning over 20 languages across the region. Recently published titles include:

 

• Aligarh Institute Gazette(link is external) (1886-1924)
• Jugantar(link is external) (1937-1980)
• Links to over 130 Naval Kishore Press(link is external) titles hosted by Heidelberg University in Germany.

 

SAOA use is strong and continues to grow worldwide. In July-September 2020, there were over 25,000 item uses from around the world, bringing the total to approximately 100,000 item uses since the SAOA launch one year ago (October 2019). Institutions are encouraged to join SAOA by visiting the How to Become a Member of SAOA page. Please follow SAOA’s new Facebook(link is external) and Instagram(link is external) accounts for updates.