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WIPO SCCR 43: Notes from Day 3
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Apr 28, 2023 01:03 PMWIPO SCCR 43: Notes from Day 2
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Apr 28, 2023 12:22 PMWIPO SCCR 43: Notes from Day 1
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Apr 28, 2023 12:01 PMMember states delivered opening statements and deliberated on the progress, substantive provisions, and method of work on the draft broadcasting treaty text. This blog post summarises positions and contentions that supported: 1)The need for balance between rights of broadcasters and that of users and researchers 2) Questions around fixation and signal piracy 3) Need for consensus and towards a diplomatic conference
CIS Statement in WIPO SCCR 43
— by Shweta Mohandas and Anubha Sinha — last modified Mar 28, 2023 02:12 PMShweta Mohandas delivered a statement on behalf of CIS, on day 1 of the 43rd WIPO SCCR session on the Broadcast Treaty.

Research Studies on Indian Language Wikimedia Projects 2019-21
— by Sneha PP — last modified Oct 21, 2022 12:59 PMThis is a compilation of the final reports from a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2021, on an array of topics related to Indian language Wikimedia projects. The projects were undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Ananth Subray, Satpal Dandiwal and Nitesh Gill, with research oversight and editorial support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and internal review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Ambika Tandon.
Global Civil Society Coalition launches website to promote Access to Knowledge
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Oct 12, 2022 12:05 PMDigitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 11, 2022 02:53 PMThe digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in collaboration with Marathi department of Goa University, Bhakti Dnyan Marg Sanstha and Goa Central Library. The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge Programme facilitated the project with technical and financial assistance. Two local students scanned 12000 pages in 8 days. The year wise volumes of O Bharat are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons in the form of archive.
Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 11, 2022 01:11 PMIt all started like this. During the Wikimedia session at Goa University in October 2021, it was realised that there is very little documentation about the ‘Goa Liberation Struggle’ on Wikimedia projects. So, in the meeting Prof. Vinay Madgaonkar from the Marathi language department took the lead to develop a project around this theme.
Mapping Content on Gender and Sexuality in Indian Languages
— by Yashashwini Srinivas — last modified Oct 21, 2022 01:03 PMThis research study explores content production processes on gender and sexuality in Indian languages, its digital documentation and factors that affect its availability and use on open access platforms. The research was undertaken by Yashashwini Srinivas, with editorial inputs by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Torsha Sarkar. This research was part of short-term studies undertaken at the CIS-A2K programme 2021-22.
Exploring Knowledge Repositories on Water Resources in India
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Oct 21, 2022 01:23 PMThis research study explores knowledge repositories on water resources in India, with a focus on how the digital transition has impacted the process of creation & access to these resources and possible collaborations to build open digital repositories around water. The research was undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, with editorial inputs by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Chiara Furtado. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2021–2022.
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