... reflects original findings on the newest five DL initiatives of India. These findings were not earlier reported in a journal article. India South Asia Digital scholarship Digital libraries Digital humanities Digital repositories Interestingly, out of five recently launched DL initiatives...

.../methodology/approach The study is based on the analytical study of the literature available on the embracing crowdsourcing for diverse tasks with special emphasis on the efforts of GLAM domain regarding the development of digital repositories. Findings Meticulous analysis of literature and case studies...