my engagement
- the search on https://cat.milli.link/ uses simple pattern matching from what I can see
- it is probably doing a full text search on the db
- proposal - how about semantic search?
- embeddings and vector databases
About them
The Milli Archives Foundation is a non-profit network of archives and archivists dedicated to building, nurturing and sustaining archives across India. Our registered office is in Bangalore, India.
India needs a forum for nurturing archives. This includes archival standards, preservation and conservation guidelines, open access teaching manuals, digital tools to allow the public to find and share archival material, and see the archive as part of their daily lives. Milli works with individuals, families, organizations and communities toward building, nurturing and sustaining our collective memory and records in the form of accessible archives. Memory matters, and Milli is here to help.
Milli works with individuals, families, organizations and communities toward building, nurturing and sustaining our collective memory and records in the form of accessible archives. It has five areas of work:
- Guidelines and best practices for archives
- Open access tools and resources for archives
- Specialized archival services for tailored needs of archives
- Engaging the public to reimagine archives as part of their everyday lives.
- Training and education in archival methods, from school to professional practice
Milli borrows from the Icelandic ‘á milli’ for ‘between’ or ‘in the midst of’ since it speaks to the way we think of the archives being the in-between space between stories, objects and future stories. Milli is also a way, as in Hindi, to have found something. Milli in Latin hints at a way of thinking about a thousand tiny connections. The name, Milli, came up in ~2017-19, during conversations within the initial Milli Tech team, including Prasoon, Janastu and the Archives at NCBS (Bangalore, India), a public centre for the history of science in contemporary India.