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Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012: by Noopur Raval — published Jan 31, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This post provides an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 to December 2012.
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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: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
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.
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January 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Jun 11, 2013 11:56 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wish you all a great year ahead and welcome you to the first issue of our newsletter for the year 2013. This issue brings you an overview of our research programs, events organised and participated, news and media coverage, and videos of recent events.
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham: by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 28, 2013 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Promoting GLAM in Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:27 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
We organised an introductory Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) session at Goa State Central Library on December 13, 2012. It was well attended by about 45 interested people coming from over 10 different GLAM institutes in Goa.
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Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. Nitika Tandon shares the development in this blog post.
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A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jan 22, 2013 03:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team organized a Wikipedia workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Metawings on January 17, 2013. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the happenings from the one-day workshop in this blog post.
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Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Apr 16, 2013 12:48 PM — filed under: Digital Activism, Access to Knowledge, Digital Access, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Youth, Video, Open Access, Openness, Event
Wikipedia Club Pune, a local community based outreach user group in Pune has recently organized Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 to spread words about “Spoken Wikipedia”, a project to add recorded audio for Indic language Wikipedia articles which will help the disabled to access Wikipedia and “Bridging Editor Gender Gap.”
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Fifth International IPR Conference (GIPC 2013): by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2013 02:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
ITAG Business Solutions is organizing its Fifth International IPR conference "GIPC 2013" at Hotel LaLit Ashok, Bangalore, India on the theme "IPR: The Powerhouse of Tomorrow". Snehashish Ghosh is participating in the event and will speak on Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place.
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Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
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