Granth Sanjeevan | eDesiderata

Tabbed

Overview

Granth Sanjeevan provides access to over 25 million pages of digitized material from The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. The collections include digitized copies of old and rare books from the 15th Century onwards, newspapers like Bombay Chronicle, Bombay Times and others, manuscripts, journals, maps and government publications.

Provider:

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai

Posted:

Oct 30, 2020 3:28pm

Updated:

Mar 8, 2021 9:34am

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Health and Life Sciences

Science, Engineering and Technology

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Archival materials

Books

Digital images

Ephemeral publications

Newspapers

Personal papers

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider:

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai

Website:

http://asiaticsociety.org.in/

CRL Review

Collection Content:

Granth Sanjeevan provides access to over 25 million pages of digitized material from The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. The collections include digitized copies of over 20,000 books from the 15th Century onwards, newspapers like Bombay Chronicle, Bombay Times and others, manuscripts, journals, maps and government publications. According to their website, 15,000 books have been classified as "rare and valuable."

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai reports on their website that resources will continuously be added, and it currently holds: "Some of the unique resources it currently hosts include an almost complete run of the Bombay Chronicle (1913-1959), and select volumes from nineteenth-century Bombay newspapers: the Bombay Courier, the Bombay Gazette and the Bombay Times. Nearly two thousand manuscripts and ten thousand books from the Society collection are available to researchers on Granth Sanjeevani. Government publications and reports from the nineteenth century can also be accessed."

The public is able to explore the items that are available on Granth Sanjeevani without registration. According to the Granth Sanjeevani FAQ, to receive services – including reading items online and bookmarking favorite item, you need to register and purchase the 365 days membership subscription.

Delivery:

The content in Granth Sanjeevani is accessible via login to registered members. Institutional membership is available.

The content is searchable via an Advanced Search tool.

According to their website: "There is a possibility to search for all of the keywords, some of them or for an exact phrase. There's also a field for excluding terms from your search. You can then limit the search by subject, content type or date and control how the results are sorted – the default is by relevance but you can also sort them by upload date or published date. Once the search results are displayed, you can filter the search by a range of criteria, such as publication date, content type or subject category. If you select any of these filters, then the listing will change to show the items you’ve selected. You can choose how many results are displayed and how they are sorted (e.g. by relevance or by date)."

As of October 2020, download and print options are not available to any member.

A list of supported browsers is available at: https://granthsanjeevani.com/jspui/general-info/supported-browsers.htm

Terms:

Access to Granth Sanjeevani is available via a membership subscription priced at 2400 INR. Institutional membership is available (based on the information posted in their FAQ as of October 30, 2020).

Terms and Conditions: https://granthsanjeevani.com/jspui/general-info/terms-conditions.htm

Based on the Terms and Conditions, the following is stated regarding indemnification and jurisdiction:

Indemnification

"You agree at your own expense to indemnify, defend, save, and hold harmless ASM, and its employees, affiliates, officers, directors, contributors, and other representatives from and against any and all judgments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) arising from or related to your use of the Services, or your violation of these Terms of Service."

Applicable Law and Forum

"These Terms of Service and any referenced policies or guidelines are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maharashtra, India without regard to principles of conflict of law. If you bring a suit against ASM, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of state and courts in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of said courts."

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	yes	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	no	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

Community Ratings

Platform and user interface:

Your rating: None

No votes yet

Content scope and completeness:

Your rating: None

No votes yet

Cost and price-structure:

Your rating: None

No votes yet