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Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 29, 2016 — last modified Jan 29, 2016 03:44 PM — filed under: , , ,
Black is beautiful, and it can go places if it is well researched. When HL Omshivaprakash wrote a Wikipedia article about Karnataka's bidriware, the metal handicraft where gleaming black bowls and hookahs are dotted with delicate silver strips, he didn't expect it to be picked up by the French and Swedes.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Read Bengali, Malayalam classics online as free Wiki libraries grow
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 10, 2016 — last modified Jan 29, 2016 03:51 PM — filed under: , , ,
Content Includes Classics In Malayalam, Bengali.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Why aren’t Indians using Wikipedia to hold the government to account?
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Despite its popularity, the site's benefits are going unutilised.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
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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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2013 — filed under: , , , ,
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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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — June & July 2013
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 04, 2013 10:52 AM — filed under: , , ,
A2K newsletter for the months of June and July, 2013.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
Access to Knowledge Bulletin — August 2013
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Oct 04, 2013 10:49 AM — filed under: , , ,
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of August 2013:
Located in About Us / Newsletters
2nd Odia Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 01, 2013 — filed under: , ,
The event is being organized today, April 1, 2013 online by the Odia Wikipedia Community, from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — January 2013
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Apr 05, 2013 06:58 AM — filed under: , ,
In the first issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme director, Vishnu Vardhan, provide you an update of the Access to Knowledge (September to December 2012) Report, the Indic Languages Wikipedia Statistical Report 2012 and reports of the events organised in Goa in the month of December 2012.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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