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	Divisions	Sections
Objective 1.1	Religions & Cultural Memory	Religions, Religious Education, Semiotics, Beliefs, Myths, Rituals, Festivals, Folklore
Objective 1.2	Architecture & Design	Traditional Architecture, Town Planning and Urban Design, Designs, Iconography and Art History, Pottery
Objective 1.3	Science & Technology	Astrology, Astronomy, Climatology, Maritime Technology, Agriculture, Irrigation, Weaving Technology, Metalworking, Mathematics, Crafts
Objective 1.4	Law & Society	Mercantile Heritage, Education, Law, Philisophy
Objective 1.5	Home & Life style	Foods and Beverages, Furniture, Household equipment, Decoration, Dress and Ornements
Objective 1.6	Arts and Activities	Dance, Music, Drama, Games, Drawings and Paintings, Cinema
Objective 1.7	Ethno Medicine	Indigenous Medicine, Siddha Medicine, Herbal Plants, Veterinary Medicine
Objective 1.8	Social Structure, Genealogy and Kinship	Kinship, Family Histories, Gender relations, Caste System, Biographies, Anthroponym
Objective 1.9	Archaeology & History	Historical Sites, Archaeological Sites, Numismatics, Paleography, Epigraphy, Layers of History
Objective 1.10	Linguistics and Literature	Dialects, Corpus, Ancient Literature, Colonial Literature, Post-colonial Literature, Lexicography
Objective 1.11	Ethnography and Race Relations	Ethnography, Displacements, Diaspora, Migration, Social Changes
Objective 1.12	Villages and Communities	Villages, Towns, Cities, Communities
Objective 1.13	Organizations and Institutions	Educational Institutions, Religious organizations, Theaters, Libraries, Societies and Associations, Media organizations
Objective 1.14	Landscape, Environment and Biodiversity	Cartography, Geography, Toponym, Environment, Flora, Fauna
Objective 1.15	Events	Arts events, Cultural events, Literary events

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	Divisions	Sections
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	Divisions	Sections
Objective 3.1	Information Architecture	Portals, Classification (Keywords, Subject headings, Dewey Decimal Classification)
Objective 3.2	Collection Management	Ongoing Collection Development (Ithazhaham, Vaasihasaalai)
		Special Collections (Muslim Archive, Upcountry Archive, Dalit Archive, Women Archive)
Objective 3.3	Dataset Development	Bibliography, Communities and Villages, Organizations, Who’s Who
Objective 3.4	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	Divisions	Sections
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