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Access to Rare Books Made Easy: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 27, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Rare Odia books that are out of print and not easily accessible on the internet, will now be available at the click of the mouse. In a bid to make them available online, the Odia Wikipedia community last week launched WikiSource, an Odia e-library and a sister project of Odia Wikipedia that has been trying to popularise use of Odia language on the Internet since 2002.
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Thank You To Our 2014 Sponsors: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 22, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:27 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Today’s the last day of work in 2014 for the editorial team at MediaNama, though we’ll run a Holiday Wire update intermittently this week, we’ll have a brief year end review for each major segment. Thank you for reading us in 2014, and have a great Christmas and New Year.
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At WIPO, Study On Copyright Exceptions Stimulates Broad Discussion With Author: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 18, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:33 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
During the recent meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee, a study was presented on exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries and archives at the national level. The presentation spurred a full day of discussion about how to ensure libraries can continue to provide an indispensable service, and a substantive exchange with the author.
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WIPO Delegates Hear Concerns of NGOs on Exceptions for Libraries: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:40 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
As World Intellectual Property Organization member states launched into discussions on exceptions and limitations to copyright for the benefit of libraries and archives this week, non-governmental organisations were given the opportunity to present their views on the issue. They delivered vibrant, sometimes contradictory, statements on the opportunity for a treaty to preserve exceptions in the international copyright system.
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Kannada Prabha: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:45 PM
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Tulu Wikipedia gets some push: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 13, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 03:20 PM — filed under: Openness, Tulu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Tulu Wikipedia, which was launched in 2007, is still in incubation stage, according to UB Pavanaja, Programme Officer at the Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
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Tulu Wikipedia (Coverage in VijayaVani): by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 04:30 PM — filed under: Openness, Tulu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Media coverage in Vijayavani.
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Tulu Wikipedia - Coverage in Vijaya Karnataka: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 04:36 PM — filed under: Openness, Tulu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This is the coverage in Vijaya Karnataka on December 15.
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FrndiNeed; an app for passengers' safety: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 10, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 05:05 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
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Swatantra 2014: Fifth International Free Software Conference, Kerala: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 28, 2014 — last modified Dec 28, 2014 02:44 AM — filed under: Openness, FOSS
ICFOSS, Govt. of Kerala organized the fifth international Free Software Conference at Hotel Hycinth by Sparsa, Trivandrum from December 18 - 20, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the organizations supporting the event. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was a speaker and made a presentation on Open Science.
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