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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — September 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Dec 09, 2013 06:37 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of September 2013:
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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Openness
With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2013 — last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:14 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Openness
The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – so as to build the Konkani Wikipedia.
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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Openness
Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.
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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the Globe: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Sep 26, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Researchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.
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CIS Signs MoU with Goa University: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 10:57 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.
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Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project: by Nitika Tandon — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Oct 01, 2013 12:23 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please send in your applications by October 5, 2013.
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Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 05:59 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to support the movement of open knowledge and open access on Thursday at 10 a.m. at a function at the conference hall of its administrative building at Taleigao plateau.
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Re-releasing Konkani Vishwakosh & Building Konkani Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) in partnership with the University of Goa invites you to this event on Thursday, September 26, 2013, 10.00 a.m. The one-hour event will be followed by a press conference.
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