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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jan 31, 2015 04:51 AMThis is an op-ed I authored for Odia newspaper the "Samaja" that got published on January 30, 2015. Through this post I intend to highlight the needs for taking the Odia language to international fora instead of keeping it confined within the books. I have covered the focus area of 3 free and open source projects: Odia Wikipedia, Odia Wikisource and Global Voices Odia in the column highlighting the need for more people to contribute.
Citizen Media Summit 2015
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 08, 2015 02:57 PMThe Citizen Media Summit 2015 was held in Cebu City, Philippines on January 24 and 25, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker at the event.
Code As Communication
Feb 02, 2015 from 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM — The Centre for Internet & Society, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (opposite Domlur Club and very near to TERI complex), — by Prasad KrishnaGene Kogan will give a talk at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bangalore office on February 2, 2015. The talk will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Gene's talk will draw analogies between software, communication, creativity, and expressivity. Programming has a long history of comparison to other written media, with inevitable consequences on our legal policy over authorship and ownership.
Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-library
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 22, 2015 03:25 PMA few years ago, Mumbai-based musician Neela Bhagwat realized that her old notebooks filled with lyrics and notations of age-old 'bandishes' were in tatters. Afraid that she might lose them forever, Bhagwat decided to make fresh copies.
Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': Expert
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 16, 2015 02:34 AMThe central government needs to partner communities at the grassroots level and integrate the country's vernacular component to make the Digital India initiative a success, an expert said here Friday.
January 2015 Bulletin
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PMOur newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers
— by Subbiah Arunachalam — last modified Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AMA few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
Works of Veerasalingam Pantulu on web
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 02:49 PMAndhra Loyola College in association with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS- A2K) is conducting a six-day camp titled ‘Wiki Winter’ at Wikipedia Lab in the campus.
Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Sakshi
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 04:58 PMMedia coverage for the Wiki winter camp held at Andhra Loyola College.
Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Eenadu
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 01, 2015 05:17 PMMedia coverage of Wiki Winter Camp held at Andhra Loyola College.
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