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Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, release first draft of Open Access Policy
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 18, 2014
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last modified
Dec 26, 2014 11:20 AM
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filed under:
Open Access
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, recently published a draft Open Access Policy in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. This post discusses open access and the exercise undertaken to draft this policy.
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Blog
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Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 14, 2014
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 06:26 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Featured,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Openness,
Open Access
The right to privacy has been articulated in international law and in some national laws. In a few countries where the constitution does not explicitly guarantee such a right, courts have read the right to privacy into other rights (e.g., the right to life, the right to equal treatment under law and also the right to freedom of speech and expression).
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Blog
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers
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by
Subbiah Arunachalam
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published
Jan 01, 2015
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last modified
Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
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Blog
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Francis Bags EPT Award for Open Access in Developing World
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 29, 2012
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last modified
Aug 03, 2013 05:36 AM
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filed under:
Award,
Open Content,
Video,
Open Access,
Openness
The Electronic Publishing Trust recently announced a new annual award to be made to individuals working in developed countries who have made significant contribution for the cause of open access and free exchange of research findings. There were 30 nominations from 17 countries around the world and Dr. Francis Jayakanth from the National Centre of Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was selected for the inaugural EPT Award for Open Access in the Developing World by a committee that went through all the nominations.
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Openness
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Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 23, 2012
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
Cost of research journals going up while funds available are coming down, writes Vasudha Venugopal in an article published in the Hindu on February 19, 2012.
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News & Media
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Open Access Week begins in Bangalore
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by
Tom Dane
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published
Oct 27, 2011
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last modified
Aug 03, 2012 11:04 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
On Monday 24 October, the National Aerospace Laboratories in Bangalore held an event to mark the beginning of Open Access Week 2011
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Openness
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Sting job by Hyderabad scientist exposes fake journals
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 17, 2018
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Scientists have at last found a cure for Schlodomoniasis -- a deadly brain infection caused by the "inter-galactic parasite Klaousmodium cruzi" -- they claim to have identified for the first time.
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News & Media
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Dec 19, 2018
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last modified
Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
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filed under:
Open Educational Resources,
CIS-A2K,
Open License,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Data,
Wikipedia,
Open Content,
Odia Wikipedia,
Open Access,
Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Blogs
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Openness
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by
Subbiah Arunachalam and Anirudh Sridhar
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published
May 30, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
The philosophy of openness is one that concerns itself with shifting power from centralized authorities of knowledge like owners to the community with its varied components like users, producers or contributors.
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Telecom
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Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 04, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 08:12 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikisource,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Access
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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News & Media
