Finally, the Tribhuvan University Central Library will begin copying some of the rare texts in its possession onto microfilm. The library is said to hold over 70 million pages of texts on Nepal (in both Nepali and English), which will be microfilmed using a Japanese government grant of Rs 20 million, after the agreement is formalised. Library officials say about 500 manuscripts need immediate duplication and another 21,000 books are on a priority list. This includes 430 rare books in Nepali and 425 rare journals. The TU library's Nepal collection alone has 35,000 journals; the library has 250,000 holdings in all.