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JP Das's Books to be Made Available Free on Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna

Noted Odia-language author and art historian Jagannath Prasad Das's works will be available on Wikipedia for free.

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तेसर फ्यूल कॉन्फरेंस आओर मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न

by Prasad Krishna

तेसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फरेंस 2015 23 तारिख कए चेन्नई मे संपन्न भेल ।

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ଅନ୍‌ଲାଇନରେ ପଢ଼ିହେବ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ପ୍ରସାଦ ଦାସଙ୍କ ୩୦ଟି ବହି

by Prasad Krishna

Noted Odia-language author and art historian Dr Jagannath Prasad Das has donated 30 volumes of his books under CC-by-SA 4.0 so that the books could now be digitised in Odia Wikisource.

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ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ପ୍ରଥମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ପାଳନ

by Prasad Krishna

News about the Odia Wikisource's 1st anniversary, published in Odia-language web portal Odia Pua on October 25, 2015.

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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource)

by Subhashish Panigrahi

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.

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Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st Anniversary

by Prasad Krishna

Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library will celebrate its first anniversary at the Indian Institute of Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Siripur here on Monday.

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Odia Wikisource Celebrates 1st Anniversary this 25th October

by Prasad Krishna

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର ୧ମ ଜନ୍ମତିିଥି (Odia Wikisource’s 1st anniversary):

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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜ

by Prasad Krishna

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 Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar

by Subhashish Panigrahi

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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Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!

by Prasad Krishna

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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