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4 Nov 2015
News
Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st AnniversaryOdia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library will celebrate its first anniversary at the Indian Institute of Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Siripur here on Monday.
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Wikisource to Celebrate its First Anniversary Tomorrow!Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia language library, will celebrate its first anniversary in Odisha capital tomorrow.
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Wikisource Celebrates 1st Anniversary this 25th Octoberଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର ୧ମ ଜନ୍ମତିିଥି (Odia Wikisource’s 1st anniversary):
4 Nov 2015
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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Available online at or.wikisource.org, the project finally went live in last year on …
2 Nov 2015
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India and France to Digitise Manuscripts, Artworks & ArchivesThe Indian and French governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will assist in technical knowledge sharing, competency, skill building and cultural exchange between the two countries, as per a PIB release.
30 Oct 2015
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Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in PuneThe Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE) is conducting a two-day workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars at KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Pune on October 30-31, 2015.
30 Oct 2015
30 Oct 2015
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Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd Sobhaann to enrich Konkani WikipediaMangalore based cultural centre Maand Sobhaann has recently relicensed 3 of their publications under a free license so that the books could be digitised on Konkani Wikisource and enrich Konkani Wikipedia.
30 Oct 2015
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JP Das's Books to be Made Available Free on WikipediaNoted Odia-language author and art historian Jagannath Prasad Das's works will be available on Wikipedia for free.
27 Oct 2015
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Open Access Week Round-UpHere is a round-up of events held at the University of Otago over Open Access Week. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation for the staff members of libraries across New Zealand. The event was organised by the University of Otago.
19 Oct 2015
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CIS Participated in T20 Mumbai, Regional Consultation Meeting, October 19, 2015This is the first time that a T20 event, which is a series of preparatory meetings towards G20 summits, is taking place in India. Sumandro Chattapadhyay represented CIS in this consultation, and was a discussant in the session on …
19 Oct 2015
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A Kannada Wikipedia brochure for newbiesThis brochure has been created keeping readers and new Wikipedia editors in mind. This would come handy to learn editing Kannada Wikipedia and creating/editing articles in Kannada.
10 Oct 2015
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Otago Southland are the CoolestLIANZA Otago Southland are delighted to announce our speaker, Subhashish Panigrahi (@subhapa), from the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge programme, will be tuning in via the interwebs from India to share his vision of …
9 Oct 2015
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Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, PuneThe goal of this Wikipedia workshop is to increase awareness about Wikipedia and equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. The participants will be learn about …
1 Oct 2015
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Mini Unconference on Openness in Development, BangaloreSingapore Internet Research Centre and the Centre for Internet & Society are partnering together to hold a mini unconference session on Openness in Development on Day 2 of SIRCA III workshop.
30 Sep 2015
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Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret!If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
25 Sep 2015
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Software Freedom PledgeOn September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
25 Sep 2015
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OCR and OER – updateWe welcome this short posting from Subhashish Panigrahi which updates a 2014 posting of his on Indic Language Wikipedias as Open Educational Resources at http://education.okfn.org/indic-language-wikipedias-as-open-educational-resources/
20 Sep 2015
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Transformaking 2015 : International Summit on Critical and Transformative Making, YogyakartaTransformaking 2015 brought together makers, scientist, hackers, bricoleurs, researchers, artists, designers and other interdisciplinary practitioners from across the globe in a series of Residency and Research Program, Symposium, …
19 Sep 2015
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Software Freedom Day 2015, BengaluruWe are celebrating Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru this 19 September 2015. Time & Date: 3 pm, 19 September 2015 Venue: Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bengaluru 560071
18 Sep 2015
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Rethinking of "Empowering Marathi Schools"Like most other Indian language-medium schools, Marathi schools are experiencing a drastic decline of students. To address these grave problem a day long seminar was organised at S. M. Joshi Sabhagriha, Pune. CIS-A2K member Abhinav Garule …
13 Sep 2015
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Seminar on "Empowering Marathi Schools", PuneA full day seminar is scheduled to be organised to address the issue of the gradual decline of Marathi schools in Maharashtra. CIS-A2K member Abhinav Garule will be attending the event to share how teachers could encourage students to …
12 Sep 2015
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WikipediansSpeak with Dr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni: Tulu Wikipedia in the makingDr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni, Principal, Shri Ramakrishna P.U. College, Mangaluru shares with Dr. U.B. Pavanaja of the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme his insights on bringing more contributors of …
8 Sep 2015
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International Open Data Charter: Comments by CISThe second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, …
28 Aug 2015
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"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, MumbaiA two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop was organised at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai during the 22nd through the 24th August. This was one of the outreach events under the scope of …
26 Aug 2015
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Workshop on Open Data for Human Development - Sessions ReportCIS facilitated a workshop on open data policy and tools for government officials from Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura, and those from Bhutan and Maldives, in June 2015. The workshop was co-facilitated with Akvo, DataMeet, and Mapbox, and …
23 Aug 2015
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Wikipedia workshop in the theme of “Sau Dhuni Teen” in Pune UniversityA two-day Wikipedia workshop was organised in the Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on the 20th August 2015. The workshop was focused on enriching Wikipedia with 100 articles related to notable Indian women under the scope of the …
22 Aug 2015
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Survey of Estimates of Economic Value of Open Government DataThis is a survey of estimates of economic value of open government data, and public sector information in general, across regions, countries, and sectors offered by several reports published during the last decade. The survey is undertaken …
22 Aug 2015
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"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, MumbaiA two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop is being planned to be organised at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai during the 22nd through the 24th August.
21 Aug 2015
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Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articlesA three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve …