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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 24, 2012 03:38 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Telecom, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Open Data, Open Government Data, Openness
Cold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
Located in Openness / News & Media
Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: February iteration: by Pavan Santhosh — published Feb 08, 2017 — last modified Apr 18, 2017 05:02 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
The February iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: January iteration: by Pavan Santhosh — published Jan 10, 2017 — last modified Apr 15, 2017 05:47 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
The January iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-way: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 16, 2015 03:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
I have been working on a concept called the Guerrilla GLAM. Here is a very quick summary about the concept that was published in the GLAM-wiki newsletter for November.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot: by Noopur Raval — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:17 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
This report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia: by Noopur Raval — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:12 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This was a competition to raise Wikipedia awareness and help students discover the joy of writing articles in their native language and an attempt to connect producers having knowledge in Gujarati to a wide audience of more than four lakh readers.
Located in Openness / Blog
Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1: by Admin — published Oct 30, 2019 — last modified Nov 02, 2019 05:17 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Source
Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Jan 01, 2015 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM — 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.
Located in Openness / Blog
Helping Institutions Embrace Open Access: by Admin — published Nov 23, 2017 — last modified Nov 27, 2017 03:11 PM — filed under: Openness, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
World over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it?
Located in Openness / News & Media

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