DIGITAL LIBRARY OF LAO MANUSCRIPTS

Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts

The Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts makes images of almost 12,000 texts from throughout Laos easily accessible for study. Collaborating institutions are the National Library of Laos, the University of Passau, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

There is a wide diversity in the manuscript collection, covering a large geographical area and historical timeframe, different literary traditions and schools of scribes, and different languages and scripts. The majority of the texts are from the Lao, Lan Na and Tai Lue traditions, with smaller numbers in Tai Nuea, and Tai Dam, etc.

The DLLM database can be searched by title, ancillary term, language, script, category, material, location, date, and code number. Grey-tone images of the manuscripts (digitised from microfilm) can be viewed online or copied to your desktop, and complete sets of images of inventoried texts can be downloaded.

The DLLM website also provides information about the Lao literary tradition, the Preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme, study resources, and a gallery of photographs showing the manuscript preservation work of the National Library of Laos.

WHAT'S NEW

The DLLM website was launched in September 2009. At present 8,349 texts are searchable. More texts will be added regularly until the full collection of almost 12,000 texts becomes available. Feedback on the functionality of the site and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

A map view of search results and an improved Text View page were added to the site in August 2010.

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ໂຄງການ​ຫໍສະໝຸດ​ດິຈິ​ຕອລໜັງສື​ໃບ​ລານ​ລາວ ຂອງ​ຫໍສະໝຸດ​ແຫ່ງ​ຊາດ ນະ​ຄອນ​ຫລວງ​ວຽງ​ຈັນ ​ໄດ້​ຈັດ​ສະ​ເໜີ​ຮູບ​ພາບ​ດິຈິ​ຕອລ​ເອກະສານ​​ເກືອບ 12,000 ຕົ້ນ​ສະບັບ ຈາກ​ທົ່ວ​ປະ​ເທດ​ໂດຍ​ຜ່ານ​ອິນ​ເຕີ​ເນັດ ​ເພື່ອ​ຜູ້​ສົນ​ໃຈ​ສາມາດ​ໃຊ້​ສຶກສາ​ຄົ້ນຄວ້າ​ໄດ້​ໂດຍ​ສະ​ດວກ. ຄຼິກຫ້ອງ​ ‘ພາສາ​ລາວ’ ​ຢູ່​ຂັ້ນ​ເທິງ​ເພື່ອ​ເບິ່ງ​ເວັບ​ໄຊ​ພາສາ​ລາວ.

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