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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:12 AM — filed under: , , ,
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 October 20 after being incubated over two years. In a nutshell, it not just provides free and open access to readers to access text that are out of copyright or available under free license, but also allows them to contribute in either digitizing copyright-free text or correcting mistakes made by others.
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Blog Entry Open Access Day celebrated in India
by Sunil Abraham — published Oct 21, 2008 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance co-organised joint celebrations of Open Access Day in Jamia Millia Islamia campus on the 14th of October 2008. Around 50 people attended the event from different departments in Jamia there were also some participants from the Indian Linux Users Group. CIS also published an Open Access flyer on this day featuring quotations from Sam Pitroda, MS Swaminathan, Peter Suber, Alma Swan, Frederick Noronha, Barbara Kirsop and Samir Brahmachari.
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Blog Entry Open Access Dialogues - Report and Policy Recommendations
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 01, 2013 — last modified Dec 22, 2015 06:52 AM — filed under: , ,
The Open Access Dialogues were a series of global electronic debates facilitated by Eve Gray and Kelsey Wiens, in partnership with The African Commons Project (South Africa) and the Centre for Internet and Society (India), during November 2012 to March 2013. It was supported by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and was hosted at WSIS Knowledge Communities Discussion Forum.
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Open access to government data on the cards
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2012 — filed under: , , ,
The way has been cleared for public access to the data collected by Union government ministries and departments, with official approval being accorded to the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). T Ramachandran's article was published in the Hindu on March 25, 2012. Pranesh Prakash is quoted in it.
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Blog Entry Open Access to International Agricultural Research
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 15, 2010 — last modified Aug 25, 2011 08:13 AM — filed under: ,
Open access advocates have urged the top management of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research to give open access to its research publications. A report by Subbiah Arunachalam on 3 June, 2010 was also circulated to all the signatories of the letter.
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File Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India - Status Report
by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:46 AM — filed under: ,
The draft report was prepared in April 2011 by Prof. Arunachalam and Madhan Muthu.
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File Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India — A Status Report
by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:47 AM — filed under: ,
This report was prepared by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Madan Muthu on 9 April 2011.
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Blog Entry Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India: A Status Report: Call for Comments
by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Madhan Muthu — published Jul 27, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes comments on the first draft of "Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India: A Status Report". This report, on open access to scholarly literature, with a special focus on scientific literature, has been written by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Madhan Muthu. The report surveys the field of scholarly and scientific publication in India and provides a detailed history of the open access movement in India.
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File Open Access to Science and Research
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Blog Entry Open Access to Science and Scholarship - Why and What Should We Do?
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:13 AM — filed under: ,
The National Institute of Advanced Studies held the eighth NIAS-DST training programme on “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Science, Technology and Society” from 26 July to 7 August, 2010. The theme of the project was ‘Knowledge Management’. Dr. MG Narasimhan and Dr. Sharada Srinivasan were the coordinators for the event. Professor Subbiah Arunachalam made a presentation on Open Access to Science and Scholarship.
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