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Ancient Library in Tibet Creating Digital Archive of Its 84,000 Scriptures.

Tibet's Sakya Monastery is home to many wonders. Founded in 1073, its collection includes some of the oldest Tibetan artwork, as well as 84,000 ancient manuscripts and books.

By Regina Sienra via @mymodernmet

Photo taken at Sakya Monastery Library.
(Richard Mortel via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

https://mymodernmet.com/sakya-monastery-library/

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Ancient Library in Tibet Creating Digital Archive of Its 84,000 Scriptures

As of 2022, 20% of the collection has been fully digitized and is available in the original Tibetan.

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Jul 3, 2024 at 9:55amWeb
Show threadSecret SquirrelJul 3, 2024
@gutenberg_org This is awesome. All knowledge is worthy of preservation.
Show threadLenaJul 3, 2024
@gutenberg_org what exactly are we looking at in the picture? Alt text is for describing the image, not for citing your sources. Could you please update your image?
Show threadProject GutenbergJul 3, 2024
@sciandculture Done!
Show threadLenaJul 3, 2024

@gutenberg_org I appreciate you making the effort. ☺️

This update, while helpful, doesn't quite hit the mark on alt text either. Folks using screen readers won't be able to access most of it. Veronica with four eyes has a quick introduction to alt text here https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-for-photojournalism-images/

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Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀Jul 3, 2024

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