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29 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikipedia29 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odisha day, bringing 14 copyright free Odia booksOdia Wikimedia community has celebrated “Odisha day” today at Jayadev Bhawan. Inaugurating this event eminent linguist Padmashree Dr. Debiprasanna Pattanayak said, 'Collaborative effort and open access to knowledge repositories will enrich …
29 Mar 2014
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‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’Digitization is the only way to ensure preservation of valuable Odia books and old palm-leaf manuscripts for posterity, said eminent linguist Padmashri Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak while inaugurating the two-day Odisha Day celebration …
27 Mar 2014
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ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଗଠନର ୭୯ ବର୍ଷଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ସମ୍ପାଦକମାନଙ୍କ ତରଫରୁ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରଠାରେ ଏହି ୨୯ ତାରିଖରେ “ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ ୨୦୧୪” ପାଳନ କରାଯାଉଛି ।
27 Mar 2014
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Sessions on Kannada Wikipedia at Tumkur UniversityDr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a session on Kannada Wikipedia for students of M.Sc. Library and Information Sciences followed by an advanced Kannada Wikipedia session for students of M.A. Literature on March 27, 2014. The event was organized …
27 Mar 2014
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Odia Wikipedia to digitize 14 booksOn the occasion of the 79th Odisha Day, the Odia Wikipedia has decided to take up a new project for the digitization of 11 books of the eminent Odia author Dr Jagannath Mohanty.
27 Mar 2014
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Digitize any Book in the Public DomainThe article is about a mass scale digitization project for Kannada WikiSource by two Wikipedians.
24 Mar 2014
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Wikipedia taps students for Kannada contentConducts workshops in Ujire, Moodbidri for training in vernacular editing.
20 Mar 2014
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ତିନି ବର୍ଷର ସକ୍ରିୟ ଅବଦାନ ୧୦ ବର୍ଷର ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପକୁ ପୁନର୍ଜୀବନ ଦେଲାThe post is about the journey of Odia Wikipedia and the last three years of active contribution
20 Mar 2014
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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 2 of 3)From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th session. This blog post (Part 2 of 3) summarizes Days 3 and 4 of the …
20 Mar 2014
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Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich WikisourceKannada Wikipedian Omshivaprakash, Pavithra and I co-authored this article on digitizing Vachana Sahitya, a 11th century Kannada literature on WikiSource.
20 Mar 2014
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Broadcast Treaty: An OverviewIn this blog post, CIS intern Varun Baliga, a third year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, presents an overview of the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, currently being deliberated by nations at the …
19 Mar 2014
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Open Source Project Brings 11th Century Kannada Verses OnlineThe post was co-authored by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi and published in the March issue of Foss Force.
18 Mar 2014
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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 1 of 3)From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th Session. This blog post (Part 1 of 3) summarizes Days 1 and 2 of the …
17 Mar 2014
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004: A License to ShareIn this blogpost Devika Agarwal, a 4th year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, takes a first look at the Creative Commons 4.0 Licence.
14 Mar 2014
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Report on the 9th Session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on EnforcementThe 9th Session of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement ended here in Geneva last week. In this report, I look at the major issues discussed at the Session and the deadlock over future work of the Committee.
14 Mar 2014
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Open Education Week: Interview with Subhashish PanigrahiNoopur Raval interviewed Subhashish Panigrahi from the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team about sharing information resources and attribution in academia.
14 Mar 2014
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NGO Profile: Third World NetworkIn the second blog in this series, I profile the work of the IP team of Third World Network (TWN) at the various International Organisations in Geneva.
14 Mar 2014
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Design!PublicCentre for Knowledge Societies is organizing this event in partnership with Grameen Foundation India, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNDP, et.al. Sunil Abraham is a speaker at this event to be held in New Delhi on March 14, 2014.
11 Mar 2014
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NGO Profile: Knowledge Ecology InternationalAs CIS’ observer in Geneva, I will be profiling NGOs and other prominent actors at the WIPO. In the first in a series of blogs, I profile the work of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) at the various International Organisations in …
11 Mar 2014
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Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation to Host Design PublicThe conclave in its 5th edition will feature Aam Aadmi Party members Rajmohan Gandhi and Somnath Bharti along with Sunil Abraham in conversation with Dr. Aditya Sood about different approaches through citizen centric governance.
8 Mar 2014
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during …
8 Mar 2014
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Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of HourA report of the Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University by the Department of Translation Studies on March 6, 2014. Syed Muzamiluddin is quoted.
7 Mar 2014
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, PuneLast month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in …
6 Mar 2014
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Stakeholders meeting to discuss the NCAER Report on "Parallel Imports"Nehaa Chaudhari will be participating in this meeting to be held in New Delhi on March 26, 2014.
6 Mar 2014
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Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History MonthThe Indian Wikimedia community is pleased to invite you to participate in Women’s History Month events, 2014. We started off with a pre-event Wikipedia workshop at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, in Mangalore on the 26th of February.
5 Mar 2014
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ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಕೊಡುವ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಲಿ’Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a 2-day workshop-cum-editathon at Sagara on March 1 and 2, 2014. Vijaya Karnataka published a report on March 2.
5 Mar 2014
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Wikipedia Mangalore Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave a presentation on Wikipedia with a special focus on students and women at Roshini Nilaya, Mangalore on February 26, 2014. An event report was published in Prajavani the following day.
5 Mar 2014
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Odia Language's Presence in Digital Media and Wikipedia's Roleକମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (Odia language in computer) is an essay published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja's Sunday supplement" on March 2. It is about the journey of Odia language in the digital era and the challenges faced during digitization …
5 Mar 2014
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Prabha)Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014, at Sagara. A report of the inauguration program, appeared in Suvarna Prabha, Sagara on March 1, 2014.