Centre for Internet & Society

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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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — September 2013

by Prasad Krishna

The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of September 2013:

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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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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 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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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the Globe

by Subbiah Arunachalam

Researchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.

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CIS Signs MoU with Goa University

by Prasad Krishna

The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.

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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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Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26

by Prasad Krishna

The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).

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Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow

by Prasad Krishna

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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