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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜ: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:11 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikisource, Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Available online at or.wikisource.org, the project finally went live in last year on October 20 after being incubated over two years.
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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:12 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikisource, Access to Knowledge, Open Access
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Available online at or.wikisource.org, the project finally went live in last year on October 20 after being incubated over two years. In a nutshell, it not just provides free and open access to readers to access text that are out of copyright or available under free license, but also allows them to contribute in either digitizing copyright-free text or correcting mistakes made by others.
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Odia Wikisource to Celebrate its First Anniversary Tomorrow!: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:14 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikisource, Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia language library, will celebrate its first anniversary in Odisha capital tomorrow.
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India and France to Digitise Manuscripts, Artworks & Archives: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:15 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, GLAM
The Indian and French governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will assist in technical knowledge sharing, competency, skill building and cultural exchange between the two countries, as per a PIB release.
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One Thousand Books Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:16 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Marathi Wikisource
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JP Das's Books to be Made Available Free on Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:18 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Noted Odia-language author and art historian Jagannath Prasad Das's works will be available on Wikipedia for free.
Located in Openness / News & Media
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource): by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:21 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikisource, Access to Knowledge
This post is about the Odia library movement and the conventional archival, touch-bases on the problems with dissemination of knowledge with more public domain books that are entering into the "rare and perishing" category, a comparative study of the conventional and new medium--like Wikisource--for book archival. It sheds light on how Wikisource functions as a collaborative platform in engaging with readers for digitizing books that are yet to be digitized.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Open Access Week Round-Up: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:21 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Here is a round-up of events held at the University of Otago over Open Access Week. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation for the staff members of libraries across New Zealand. The event was organised by the University of Otago.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune: by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM — filed under: Higher Education, Access to Knowledge, Marathi Wikipedia, CIS-A2K, Hindi Wikipedia
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE) is conducting a two-day workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars at KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Pune on October 30-31, 2015.
Located in Openness
Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:19 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikisource, Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow i.e., 25th October, 2015.
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