We chat to librarian and digital wizard Nicole Merkel-Hilf about her many digital projects in the spaces of online archives, publishing, and the use of digital tools to improve access to increase the development of digital collections.
Nicole wears many hats and is involved with many digital projects. She is the subject librarian for Modern South Asian languages and the History and Art of South Asia at the Library of the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies. She is also the coordinator for FID4SA (Fachinformationsdienst Südasien = Specialised information service South Asia) at Heidelberg University Library and South Asia Institute. She is the project lead for Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing (HASP) and the
The ANUBhasha Podcast's 'Digital Repatriation in South Asia' series is supported by an Asia-Pacific Innovative Project grant from the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.
Music from Epidemic Sound --
Song: 'Sultan of Delhi'
Album: Court of Akbar
Artist: Banaras Baba & Kolkata Kid
Year: 2019