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Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0

by Nitika Tandon

Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) organised an event on September 26, 2013 at 10 a.m., at the Goa University Conference Hall.

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Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference

by Prasad Krishna

Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.

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Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.

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Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months

by Prasad Krishna

Thick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.

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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

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 Vishwakosh Digitization Project

by Nitika Tandon

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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Konkani Wikipedia in the making

by Prasad Krishna

Process of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.

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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language

by Prasad Krishna

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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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months

by Prasad Krishna

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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