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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers
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Subbiah Arunachalam
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Jan 01, 2015
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Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM
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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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A Wikipedia Presentation at BITS, Goa
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by
Radhakrishna Arvapally
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published
Feb 09, 2015
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last modified
Mar 09, 2015 01:21 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Quark is one of India's largest science, technology and management festivals, held every February at BITS Pilani - K.K. Birla Goa Campus. This year in 2015, the event was held from February 6 to 8, 2015. This blog post captures the key moments. About 12 delegates attended the event.
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Telugu Wikipedia Winter Camp at Andhra Loyola College
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by
Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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Feb 26, 2015
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
Students of physics, statistics and Telugu departments of Andhra Loyola College spent 5 days of their Christmas vacation of 2014 to edit and enrich Telugu Wikipedia and Wikisource. They worked on their respective subject areas and came up with more than 100 new articles on Telugu Wikipedia and about 300 pages of Veeresalingam's works were typed on Telugu Wikisource.
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Hindi Wiki Community Baithak in Delhi
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Feb 27, 2015
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Hindi Wikipedia
Hindi Wikimedians met in New Delhi during February 14 and 15. This was the first meeting of the Hindi community. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the meetup.
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Our Endangered Languages
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 21, 2015
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last modified
Mar 10, 2015 01:41 AM
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Openness,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
My op-ed (in Odia) about the endangered languages was published in the Samaja this 21st on the International Mother Language Day.
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2nd National Language Conference, Bhubaneswar
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 30, 2015
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Apr 10, 2015 03:23 PM
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Video,
Openness,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Institute of Odia Studies and Research organised 2nd National Language Conference beginning on Monday, March 30, 2015 and ending on April 2, 2015 at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. This conference was organised in collaboration with the Department of Tourism and Culture. I presented a paper in Odia language in this conference as part of a panel discussion related to Odia language computing.
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Hindustani Language: We Are Wikipedia
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by
Syed Muzammiluddin
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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Apr 10, 2015 04:20 PM
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Openness,
Hindi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
In 2014, the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) embarked on a new social media-based initiative - WeAreWikipedia. The aim of the project was "One Wikimedian every week to tell untold community stories on Twitter".
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧା
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Apr 15, 2015
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last modified
May 27, 2015 03:22 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in overall contribution of people in the language.
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Creating Free Software Environment at Andhra Loyola College
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by
Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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published
Dec 13, 2014
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last modified
May 27, 2015 12:54 AM
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Openness,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Andhra Loyola college has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K and as part of it CIS-A2K team has provided a free and open software environment at Andhra Lyola College's Computer Center. Thirty machines have been installed with free software Operating system and some useful applications such as GIMP, Inkscape, firefox, libreoffice, etc.
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Wikipedia Campus at Oxford College
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Apr 28, 2015
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May 27, 2015 02:22 PM
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Openness,
Wikipedia
CIS-A2K collaborated with the Oxford College of Engineering, Bommanahalli, Bangalore on April 24, 2015 for introducing Wikimedia projects at their institution. Radhakrishna, a senior Wikimedian from Bangalore provided the crucial introduction and worked closely with the A2K team in conducting all the activities.
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