Programme
Access to Knowledge
Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
20 Jun 2019
Event
Wikimedia Education SAARC conferenceCentre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) happy to announce that, Wikimedia Education SAARC conference 2019 programme submissions (proposals) are open from today, 25 April 2019. Deadline for applying for scholarship …
13 Jun 2019
Blog post
Karavali Wikimedians at All India Radio, MangaluruThis blog is about the experience of visiting All India Radio Mangaluru station as a part of the Karavali Wikimedians outreach program.
5 Jun 2019
Blog post
What is Wikimedia Education SAARC Conference?The Wikimedia Education SAARC conference is on 20th June 2019. A conference for Wikimedians, Wikimedia education leaders, educators and researchers engaged with Open Education and free knowledge movement.
31 May 2019
Event
Train-the-Trainer 2019 at VishakhapatnamTrain-the-trainer 2019 (TTT 2019), residential training program to groom leadership among the Indian Wikimedia community members, is going to happen in Visakhapatnam during 31 May, 1 and 2 June 2019 at Fairfield by Marriott Hotel at …
31 May 2019
Blog post
MoU between PAH Solapur University & CIS-A2KCIS-A2K is working in collaboration with PAH Solapur University, Solapur in Maharashtra on Wikimedia projects. The Mass Communication and Journalism departments are involved in content generation on Marathi Wikipedia & Commons.
29 May 2019
Blog post
Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?Timely and affordable access to scientific research remains a problem in this digital day and age. Around three decades ago, the radical response that emerged was making public-funded scientific research “open access”, i.e. publishing it on …
29 May 2019
News
Project Tiger: Wikipedia ropes in locals to contribute articles in Indian languagesThe project has generated content in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Odiya and Gujarati.
28 May 2019
News
Wikipedia looks to ramp up its Indian language contentWikipedia is generating more content in major Indian languages with the help of Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
26 May 2019
Blog post
Wikisource Workshop at Vigyan Ashram, PabalThe Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a workshop in collaboration with Vigyan Ashram, Pabal on May 25-26, 2019 at Pabal. Total 12 participants attended sessions during this two days workshop. The …
21 May 2019
News
Youths come forward to augment Assamese Wikisource projectAssamese Wikisource is a sister-project of Assamese Wikipedia, where Assamese books with expired copyrights are available.
21 May 2019
Blog post
Project Tiger 2019 Coordinator position openTo contribute to support, and coordinate of the work of the Project Tiger, we are looking for a creative, dedicated individual to join the team as a coordinator. Please note that women, especially those from socioeconomically marginalized …
19 May 2019
Blog post
CIS-A2K Communication Officer positionThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications only from prospective candidates who identify themselves as women, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications, the position is also known as Communication Officer), …
17 May 2019
Blog post
Wikidata Advisor (Consultant) position openThe Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society is seeking applications for the position of Wikidata Advisor (consultant), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme.
13 May 2019
News
Ahmedabad Wikisource WorkshopReport of the Ahmedabad Wikisource workshop published in Vishwavihar.
3 May 2019
Blog post
Wikipedia assignments workshop for Post Graduate students in PAH Solapur UniversityOn May 3, 2019, Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) along with PAH Solapur University conducted a Wikipedia workshop for students from the post-graduate stream in PAH Solapur University. Ten students from Mass …
1 May 2019
News
WIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and ExceptionsAnubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore.
30 Apr 2019
News
WIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and ExceptionsAnubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore. …
25 Apr 2019
Blog post
Indic Wikisource Speak: J. BalajiTo perfectly proofread the content with matching styles it takes a lot of effort. Patience is the key. The formatting methods are in wikisource are different from Wikipedia. So wikipedians are finding it difficult to edit in wikisource …
25 Apr 2019
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Indic Wikisource speak : ShubhaAs the texts are in the searchable format, many students and research scholars can make use of Wikisource. As we all know, Samskrit is a treasure trove of knowledge. There are many such books that can be uploaded and utilised by the public. …
15 Apr 2019
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CIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for …
11 Apr 2019
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Indic Wikisource speak: Info-farmerIndic Wikisource movement needs more simplification of interface and also unification of existing interfaces. Let us develop new tools for wikisource. Give fund to developers like Shrinivasan. Understand the results of OCR4wikisource which …
11 Apr 2019
Blog post
Indic Wikisource speak : Ajit Kumar Tiwari"Wikisource is going to be as important as Wikipedia because it addresses the issues of citations and references inherently. I will make it as my key pedagogical tool to educate my students and make them a part of this great movement." - …
10 Apr 2019
Blog post
SVG Translation Workshop at KBC North Maharashtra UniversityThe Centre for Internet & Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) wing organized an SVG translation workshop in collaboration with KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon on 14-15 March 2019. The workshop was a part of India level campaign. Total …
10 Apr 2019
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Indic Wikisource Speak: Sushant SavlaFuture is bright -- Sushant Savla (User:Sushant_savla) from Gujarati Wikisource community, share his experience & journey.
10 Apr 2019
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Indic Wikisource Speak: Dr. Hrishikes SenThere are plenty of people engaged in digitising Bengali books. Plenty of pirated digitised books are available online. We need to tap into that catchment area. I think, if we can prepare high-grade pdf versions of our completed works and …
10 Apr 2019
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Indic Wikisource Speak: Dr. Gitartha Bordoloi"People are more aware of Wikipedia than Wikisource." - Gitartha Bordoloi from Assamese Wikisource community, share his experience with CIS-A2K team.
10 Apr 2019
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Content Donation Sessions with AuthorsCIS-A2K has adopted an integrated approach towards knowledge generation in Marathi language. With the involvement of various stakeholders in different programmes, CIS-A2K facilitated a comprehensive workshop for publishers, printers, …
9 Apr 2019
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Wikimedia projects orientation session at Tata Trust's Vikas Anvesh FoundationResearchers in development sector produce a pool of training material and case studies. However, these do not trickle down to the society and many in the public domain are unaware of the same.
5 Apr 2019
Blog post
Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program/ReportCIS-A2K team submitted Project Tiger final report.
1 Apr 2019