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Open Access Champion Leslie Chan Delivers Five Talks in India
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 02, 2013 05:35 AM
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Openness
Professor Leslie Chan, a champion of Open Access (OA) and Associate Director of the Centre for Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough visited Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore in December 2012 for a series of lectures. Well known advocate for OA in India and the developing world, Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, accompanied him on these tours.
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Openness
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Blog
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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the Globe
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by
Subbiah Arunachalam
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published
Sep 26, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Researchers 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.
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Openness
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Blog
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The 2013 EPT Award for Individuals in Developing Countries Working for Open Access
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 13, 2013
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last modified
Oct 29, 2013 07:30 AM
Below is the press release announcing the 3rd Annual Award for individuals in the developing world who have made a significant contribution to Open Access. The application form for nominations follows the announcement. The EPT hopes to receive a similarly large number of representations as were received for the award in its first two years.
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News & Media
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An Interview with Dr. Francis Jayakanth
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 17, 2012
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last modified
Nov 24, 2012 06:09 AM
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Interview,
Openness,
Open Access
India has been losing out its best talents to the West, however, this trend could be reversed if we create adequate number of world-class institutions and research facilities, and our scientific productivity and quality of research will improve significantly, says Dr. Francis Jayakanth in an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
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Openness
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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
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Openness
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News & Media
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Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
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News & Media
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UNESCO's Open Forum
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 15, 2010
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last modified
Apr 05, 2011 03:58 AM
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Internet Governance
As UNESCO organized Freedom of Expression related workshops, this Open Forum will be
dedicated to other key IGF topics, notably multilingualism in cyberspace, open access to
scientific information, open educational resources, and accessibility for marginalized groups.
In addition, UNESCO will take this opportunity to announce new initiatives and share
experiences with participants. The interactive panel format will start with brief presentations from experts, followed by a moderated discussion with participants.
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Events
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael Geist
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Job Michael Mathew
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Dec 12, 2015
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last modified
Jan 31, 2016 05:37 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
Continuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Open Access Week Round-Up
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 27, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 08:21 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Here 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.
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Openness
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News & Media
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The Zen of Pad.ma: 10 Lessons Learned from Running Open Access Online Video Archives in India and beyond
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jan 28, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 08:25 AM
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filed under:
Practice,
Digital Humanities,
Digital Media,
Open Access,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Archives
Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Gerber, the co-initiators of, and the artists/programmers behind the pad.ma (Public Access Digital Media Archive) project will deliver a lecture at CIS on Wednesday, February 03, 6 pm, on their experiences of learnings from running open access online video archives in Germany, India, and Turkey. Please join us for coffee and vada at 5:30 pm.
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