The Digital South Asia Library-Images

The Digital South Asia Library-Images

The images section of this digital library actually consists of several different collections of photographs but all are searched using one search tool. The look is minimalist but there is a long list of images and it's easy to select any number of images that you'd like to see more information on and to view greater resolution files of the same images. There is a also a subject listing for the image files, so there are several ways to find the photographs that you're interested in. Although the metadata is pretty minimal, the quality of the photos is pretty good considering when they were scanned and the viewing technology present then. They evidentally tried to scan and the highest resolution that they could afford.
I like the result: fast loading, minimalist, but don't like the absence of additional Web 2.0 functions: no way to add additional tags, no way to review and rate the photographs, add metadata, etc. It would be especially nice for people who might have additional information about the historic photos to add their first person narratives or other information.
Ann