16 أبريل 2015

Open Access in Nepal: OLE Nepal's E-Pustakalaya

E-Pustakalaya



E-Pustakalaya is an education-focused digital library containing full-text documents, books, images, videos, audio files, and interactive educational software that can be accessed through an intranet or on the Internet. OLE Nepal started the development of E-Pustakalaya in 2008 with the aim to improve children's reading skills and develop a reading culture in schools by giving them free and open access to age-appropriate reading materials and to enable students to do research projects and promote habit of independent inquiry. Since E-Pustakalaya went live in 2009, teachers as well as other adults have also benefited widely from various teaching resources, and educational materials in agriculture, health, environment, local technologies, and so on.

The material is categorized as
  • Literature
  • Art
  • Course Material
  • Teaching Material
  • Reference Material
  • Newspaper & Magazines
  • Other Material
E-Pustakalaya can be accessed here