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Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
— by Smitha Krishna Prasad — last modified Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PMThis November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the SCCR also found time to have two short plenary sessions on the proposed broadcast treaty as well as working documents on exceptions for libraries and archives.
First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled Out
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 14, 2012 12:17 PMOdia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a series of assessments by professors. The local community members from Nalconagar would be supporting the four month program.
Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 17, 2013 09:02 AMA new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi
— by Yuvraj Pandian — last modified Dec 04, 2012 07:31 AMWikipedian Yuvaraj Pandian visited the CIS office in Delhi and helped the Access to Knowledge team conduct a super-ad-hoc mini-hackathon with two other volunteers, Sheel from Delhi and Harsh from Ahmedabad. The aim was to get them a kickstart in developing userscripts/gadgets, and get them to a point where the prior existing documentation makes sense to them.
Report on Wikipedia Hackathon held in Hyderabad
— by Yuvi Panda — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:37 AMBITS Hyderabad had a tech fest from October 25 to 27, 2012, and wanted to conduct a technical wiki hackathon. We decided to do it on October 26 — all night.
Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
— by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PMThe Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai
— by Noopur Raval — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:01 AMThe Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about the knowledge gaps in Wikipedia — the free encyclopedia. Noopur Raval has prepared a report of the event.
Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI
— by Jadine Lannon — last modified Dec 01, 2012 05:57 AMOn October 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) organised a one-day workshop on exploring the internals of mobile technologies at the TERI Southern Regional Centre in Bangalore. The workshop received more than 140 registrants, of which approximately 40 attended. In this post, Jadine Lannon explores the discussions and the developments that took place at the workshop.
Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 04, 2012 07:19 AMRecently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three wikipedians — Jayanta Nath, Deepon Saha and Ashwin.
Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!
— by Jadine Lannon — last modified Dec 21, 2012 07:48 AMAs a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is researching 12 mobile phone devices to generate a better understanding of the intellectual property (IP) implications of pervasive mobile technologies available in the Indian market. This post is an introduction to our 12 mobile phones.
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