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In January 2017 many (but not all) of the book files, from the then larger The Digital Library of India were uploaded appears to the Internet Archive (Archive.org). An example of the URL for an Internet Archive book file is https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015have been closed down.97227
Many In January 2017 many (but not all) of the books currently available in book files, from the then Digital Library of India may also be available on were uploaded to the Internet Archive (Archive.org), where you may read the book online, or download with multiple options. You can find out by searching An example of the latter site, or by "creating" a URL for an Internet Archive URL, by substituting the numbers from the specific DLI URL, book file is https://archive.org/details/in the example Internet Archive URL format above.ernet.dli.2015.97227
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The website contains a number of Gazetteers which may be located by using Gazetteer as the search term. Other books available to download include ''Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1835'' by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926. Volumes [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23767 1], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23769 2], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23770 3], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23771 4], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23772 5]
==National Library of India Digital Collection==
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in Website], or access through through [https://www.nationallibrary.gov.in NLI]/Digital Collection.
The Library is located in [[Calcutta]] and administered by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India.
There are a number of [http://nlirepository.nvli.in/handle/123456789/1 Collections] including Gazetteers and Government Publications. Most of the other English language books appear to be in the categories Monographs or E-Books, but not in Rare Books (as at 2020/06/30)
Pdfs to read online.
The digital collection appears to be a selection of the Library's Collection only, and it is unclear whether the digital collection will increase.
There is perhaps a possibility that the digital collection will be uploaded to the Internet Archive, in the same way as happened with Central Secretariat Library digital collection, (but this had not happened at 2020/06/30).
==Central Secretariat Library (CSL) Digital Repository==
*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in Website]
Many volumes have been uploaded to the Internet Archive, Archive.org, commencing 28 February 2020 (but currently 9 March 2020 not all) in the collection [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Central+Secretariat+Library%22&sort=-publicdate "Central Secretariat Library"].
==Digital Library of India, now closed==
===DLI history===
<br>September 2017. Further DLI books appeared to have been delated from Archive.org, and the collection was renamed the "Public Library of India" Collection.
<br> c September 2018. DLI website is available with reduced content, with no books published after 1900. It is now necessary to register to download books.
==National Digital Library of India==
*[https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in Website]
A portal sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, with the aim of providing a single window search facility. It is not immediately clear which other digital libraries have contributed content, but include West Bengal Public Library Network, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and South Asia Archive, the latter usually a subscription website, so its status here is unclear. It is understood that the viewing of content is via the website of the contributing institution.
==DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library==
