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Blog Entry Open access in the Marathi language expands by a thousand books
by Subhashish Panigrahi and Abhinav Garule — published Dec 03, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 11:26 AM — filed under: , , ,
As the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS) celebrated its 121st anniversary recently, the organization re-licensed 1000 books under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be made available on the Marathi Wikisource for millions of Marathi readers.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
शंभर वर्षांपूर्वीच्या पुस्तकांचे होणार डिजिटायझेशन
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:47 AM — filed under: , ,
Lokmat (newspaper) covered Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha's Project news.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Talk on bringing 1000 books about the culture of Maharashtra on Marathi Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2020 04:39 PM — filed under: , ,
Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, a Pune based non-profit that was founded in Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade and colleagues in 1894, has recently announced to digitise their 1000 volumes of books centred around Peshwa culture. A discussion about digitising these books and making them available online on Marathi Wikisource is being organised on December 1 at the Energy Resources Institute(TERI), Bengaluru. Avinash Chaphekar, Joint Secretary of MGS will be addressing this talk.
Located in Openness
मराठी पुस्तके 'विकिस्रोत' ला, सकाळ
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:44 AM — filed under: , ,
Marathi Wikipedia media coverage in Sakaal newspaper.
Located in Openness / News & Media
महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक संस्थेमधील एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाईन
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:57 AM — filed under: , , ,
Coverage of Marathi Wikipedia in Saamna.
Located in Openness / News & Media
'महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक' होणार लोकाभिमुख, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 28, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:55 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Coverage of Marathi Wikipedia in Maharashtra Times.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The 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.
Located in Openness
Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 07, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2016 10:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
The 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 Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to contribute in these projects.
Located in Openness / Events
Seminar on "Empowering Marathi Schools", Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Sep 23, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:59 PM — filed under: ,
A 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 contribute to Marathi Wikipedia.
Located in Openness / Events
Blog Entry Rethinking of "Empowering Marathi Schools"
by Abhinav Garule — published Sep 18, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:59 PM — filed under: ,
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 attended this event to share how teachers could encourage students to contribute to Marathi Wikipedia.
Located in Openness / Blog
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