CIS-A2K/Reports/CIS-A2K Quarterly Report 5/Publicity, Research and Documentation

A brochure of Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program.

October

Articles / Blog Entries

1. Panigrahi, Subhashish. Odia Wikisource Goes Live! (26 October 2014)
2. Panigrahi, Subhashish. Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License. CIS blog (14 October 2014)
3. Panigrahi, Subhashish. More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource. Rising Voices/Global Voices (18 October 2014), syndicated on the Wikimedia Blog on 21 October 2014.
4. Panigrahi, Subhashish. Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language. Opensource.com (22 October 2014)
5. Panigrahi, Subhashish. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା. (Op-ed in "The Samaja", 13 October 2014)
6. Samskrita Vaibhavam (Shubha and Sayant Mahato; October 30, 2014).
7. Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi (Dr. U.B.Pavanaja; October 31, 2014). The event was covered by V4News.com and Mangalore Today.
8. Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada (Dr. U.B.Pavanaja; October 31, 2014).

Events Organized/co-organized

1. Odia Wikimedia monthly community meet-ups (one each in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack)
2. Odia Wikisource introductory workshop for students, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar (17 October 2014)
3. Sangeet Baithak: A Hindustani Music Resource Donation Event in Mumbai. (Organized by CIS-A2K and Khayal Trust; Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai; October 7, 2014).
4. Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon (Organized by IndoBioScience and CIS-A2K; Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; October 11, 2014).
5. Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014 (Organized by IndoBioScience and CIS-A2K; Urban Solace; October 14, 2014).

Participation in Events

1. Barcamp Bangalore (Organized by SAP Labs; Bangalore; October 12, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik took part in the event.

News and Media Coverage

1. Enliven the Tulu Viki Fidia first and then add Tulu to the 8th Schedule : Dr.UG Pavanaja, Bangalore Rep. in Udupi (V4News.com; October 15, 2014).
2. Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way (Mangalore Today; October 17, 2014).
3. Pushing women scientists (Renuka Phadnis; Hindu; October 19, 2014).
4. Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia (Nisar Ahmed Syed; October 22, 2014).
5. Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia (Siasat Daily; October 24, 2014)

November

Articles / Blog Entries

1. Panigrahi, Subhashish. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହି ପ୍ରକାଶନ ପାଇଁ ନୂଆ ରାହା. (Op-ed in "The Samaja", 17 November 2014)
2. Vishnu Vardhan, T. 55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit Wikisource
3. Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra's 21 books relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0 (Subhashish Panigrahi; November 17, 2014).
4. Nineteen Books Published by Ama Odisha Relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0 (Subhashish Panigrahi; November 25, 2014).

Events Organized/co-organized

1. Odia Wikisource Sabha 2014 (28 November 2014) ([Blog)
2. Odia Wikisource workshop for students of KISS, Bhubaneswar (10 November 2014)
3. Odia Wikisource workshop for students of KISS, Bhubaneswar (5 November 2014)
4. Odia Wikimedia monthly community meet-ups (one each in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack)

Participation in Events

1. A Seminar on E-publishing of Odia Books (Organized by Molybtech Technology Solutions; November 30, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker.

News and Media Coverage

CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:

1. ಭಾಷಣದಿಂದ ಭಾಷೆ ಉಳಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೇ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸಿಗುವುದು ಅಗತ್ಯ: ಪವನಜ (Just Kannada; November 23, 2014).
2. Kannada Wikipedia Presentation in Mysuru (Prajavani; November 24, 2014).
3. Now, Tulu set to be promoted through Wikipedia articles (Hindu; November 24, 2014).
4. ‘Tulu Wikipedia’ in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. Pavanaja (Ravi Prasad Kamila; Hindu; November 26, 2014).
5. Odia Wikisource launched in Odisha capital (Odisha Sun Times; November 28, 2014).
6. Odia Wikisource aims to bring valuable and rare books on the Internet (Odisha Diary; November 28, 2014).
7. "Odia Wikipedia Sabha 2014, 28 Nov, Jayadev Bhawan (3-7 pm)". Bhubaneswarbuzz. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
8. "ଆଜି "ଉଇକି ପାଠାଗାର" ଉଦ୍‌ଘାଟନ". Sambad. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
9. "Breaking #Odisha". କନକ ଟିଭି. 28 November 2014.
10. "ଐତିହାସିକ ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତର ସାକ୍ଷୀ ହେବା ଏକ ଭାଗ୍ୟ". Sambad. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
11. "Odia Wikisource to bring rare books". Odishachannel.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
12. "ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହିସବୁ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଆଣିବା ପାଇଁ ନୂଆ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର". Odishan.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
13. "Odia Wikisource aims to bring valuable and rare books online". Orissabarta.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
14. "ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହିସବୁ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଆଣିବା ପାଇଁ ନୂଆ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର". Odiapua.org. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
15. "ODIA BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE". 30 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
16. Sahu, Diana (5 December 2014). "Access to Rare Books Made Easy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
17. "Odia Wikisource aims to bring valuable and rare books on the Internet". FullOdisha. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

December

Articles / Blog Entries

• Panigrahi, Subhashish. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ. The Samaja (25 December 2014)
• Odia Wikisource campus project at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (Subhashish Panigrahi; December 3, 2014).
• Several Publications Now Available Under Creative Commons License (Subhashish Panigrahi; December 28, 2014).
• Odia Wikisource Workshop at New Delhi (Subhashish Panigrahi;December 30, 2014). The event was organized by CIS in collaboration with "The Intellects" on December 14.

Events Organized/Co-organized

• Odia Wikisource workshop, New Delhi (14 December 2014), Event details here (in Odia).
• Odia Wikisource campus program closing ceremony (3 December 2014)

Participation in Events

1. Swatantra 2014: Fifth International Free Software Conference, Kerala (Organized by ICFOSS, Govt. of Kerala; Hotel Hycinth by Sparsa, Trivandrum; December 18–20, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan chaired a session on Wikimedia and Access to Knowledge in India and Rahimanuddin Shaik co-presented on Making DLI Accessible.
2. ICT for Development (Organized by hrist University; December 3, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was a speaker at this event.

News and Media Coverage

1. Odia Wikipedia (Dhatri; December 1, 2014).
2. Odia Wikipedia (Odiapua; December 1, 2014).
3. Access to Rare Books Made Easy (Diana Sahu; Indian Express; December 5, 2014).
4. Tulu Wikipedia gets some push (Hindu Businessline; December 13, 2014).
5. Tulu Wikipedia (Kannada Prabha; December 14, 2014).
6. Tulu Wikipedia (Vijaya Karnataka; December 15, 2014).
7. Tulu Wikipedia (VijayaVani; December 27, 2014).
8. Works of Veerasalingam Pantulu on web (Hans India; December 31, 2014).
9. Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Sakshi(Sakshi; December 31, 2014).
10. Wiki Winter Camp - Coverage in Eenadu (Eenadu; December 31, 2014).

Participation in Event

1. ICT for Development (Organized by hrist University; December 3, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was a speaker at this event.