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Blog Entry Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Oct 11, 2022 — filed under: , , , , , , ,
The digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in collaboration with Marathi department of Goa University, Bhakti Dnyan Marg Sanstha and Goa Central Library. The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge Programme facilitated the project with technical and financial assistance. Two local students scanned 12000 pages in 8 days. The year wise volumes of O Bharat are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons in the form of archive.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Research Studies on Indian Language Wikimedia Projects 2019-21
by Sneha PP — published Dec 31, 2020 — last modified Oct 21, 2022 12:59 PM — filed under: , , , ,
This is a compilation of the final reports from a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2021, on an array of topics related to Indian language Wikimedia projects. The projects were undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Ananth Subray, Satpal Dandiwal and Nitesh Gill, with research oversight and editorial support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and internal review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Ambika Tandon.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 18, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 11:28 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team invite you to a two-day national workshop on knowledge and openness in the digital era.
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Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be online
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 16, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
Four volumes have been uploaded so far on a pilot basis.
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Open Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki Library
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 15, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 08:50 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, Maharashtra
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Aug 01, 2017 — last modified Aug 16, 2017 08:40 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently held in Sangli, Maharashtra
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
FUEL GILT Conference 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 06, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:03 AM — filed under: , , ,
Subhashish Panigrahi will be speaking at the FUEL GILT Conference 2015 to be held at Tamil Virtual Academy, Anna University Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur in Chennai from November 20 to 22, 2015. Subhashish will also be participating in the Mozilla L10N hackathon.
Located in Openness / News & Media
तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस और मोज़िला हैकाथन चेन्नई में संपन्न
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:51 AM — filed under: , ,
तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस 2015 आज चेन्नई में संपन्न हुआ. भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक भाषाई संसाधन और औज़ार बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ किए गए इस सम्मेलन के प्रायोजक और आयोजक दुनिया की जानी-मानी कंपनियां मोज़िला, सी-डैक और रेड हैट हैं.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Wiki Academy
by Radha Rao — published Sep 15, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: ,
An article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in Mangalore on Saturday, August 22.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!
by Noopur Raval — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.
Located in Openness / Blog
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