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15 Nov 2013
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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Udayavani CoverageUdayavani, on November 15, 2013 published about the upcoming tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia.
15 Nov 2013
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10th anniversary of Kannada wikipediaKannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
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Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani CoverageVijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
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Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic LanguagesNational Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.
13 Nov 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SAUpon CIS-A2K's explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public and giving them the right to share, use and even build …
9 Nov 2013
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Wikimedia Diversity ConferenceT.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in …
2 Nov 2013
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Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth AnniversaryDr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
28 Oct 2013
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Feedback on the Framework on OSS Adoption in E-Governance SystemsCIS gave its feedback to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the Framework on Open Source Software Adoption in E-Governance Systems on October 26, 2013.
25 Oct 2013
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Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile PhonesWikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
23 Oct 2013
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कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वरNews about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.
22 Oct 2013
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OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open DataNehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"
21 Oct 2013
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National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in IndiaNehaa Chaudhari was a panelist/speaker at the National Conference on Opening up by Closing the Circle: Strengthening Open Access in India.
21 Oct 2013
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FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing CountriesThis workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.
14 Oct 2013
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Making Wikipedia BetterIt wasn’t something that we set out to do when we started working on The Ballot, but one of the most satisfying unintentional side-effects of the project has been the chance to correct facts and figures, and remove inappropriate content …
6 Oct 2013
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GFM 2013Nishant Shah participated in a panel discussion with Wendy Chun, Tom Levine and Geert Lovink , around 'The End of Bibliographies: New Media and Research'. Nishant also participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on 'Open Up: Pragmatism …
1 Oct 2013
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Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access …
1 Oct 2013
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Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conferenceJagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.
30 Sep 2013
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research Adopts an Open Access PolicyIn this blogpost, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
30 Sep 2013
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Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, DhenkanalWikipedia workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by Head of IIMC, Dhenkanal, Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.
30 Sep 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia in the makingProcess of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.
30 Sep 2013
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Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 monthsThick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.
30 Sep 2013
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Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani WikipediaThe Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.
30 Sep 2013
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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official languageWith many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
27 Sep 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 monthsPiles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.
27 Sep 2013
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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on WikipediaThe Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – …
26 Sep 2013
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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the GlobeResearchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.
25 Sep 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrowThe Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to …
25 Sep 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization ProjectThe Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please send in your applications by October 5, 2013.
25 Sep 2013
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Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
25 Sep 2013
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CIS Signs MoU with Goa UniversityThe Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.