Dear Ram & other colleagues Thanks for your email. I would like to draw your attention on the following lines, which were probably overlooked by you and other professional fellows. Please rush your requests as copies are very limited.
>>If you want a print copy of this book [Digital archiving of audio content >>using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio >>managers], please send a request letter to Ms. Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, >>UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 >>along with a self-addressed A4 size envelope . >> Organizers of CR events in different states can also approach the undersigned for getting copies of this book, preferably to be sent by 'to-pay' courier service (cost of courier payable at the receiving end). Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:10:14 +0530 > From: "Ramnarayan.K" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving > of audio > content using WINISIS > and Greenstone software: a manual for community > radio managers > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi > > Am top posting because its not relevant to the contents of the mail but to do > with list use. > > Am wondering is people really read mails that are posted on this list and if > so why do the exact same mails need to be repeated, am not sure this is the > first general instance.but its a request that maybe people should read their > cr mails to know whats happening. > > This mail about UNESCO's manual has been posted under the subject line > "UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers" > > > on 12th March by Arti Jaiman > > > ram > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Puna Das <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Dear Colleagues > > > > UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content > using WINISIS and > > Greenstone software: a manual for community radio > managers > > > > UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital > archiving of audio content > > using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for > community radio > > managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at > helping managers of > > community and FM radio stations, public service > broadcasting agencies and > > any other organizations that deal with audio files > create prototype archives > > of digital audio documents. > > > > Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital > inclusion of citizens in > > developing countries through easy-to-get and socially > useful applications. > > UNESCO's information processing tools assist many > grassroots institutions in > > disseminating information to local communities. > Digital archive of a > > community radio station can be a knowledge repository > containing collective > > wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional > communities and > > institutions. > > > > The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage > of community radio > > development, with the introduction of policy > frameworks in India, Nepal and > > other countries. Community radio has a great > development potential across > > the sub-region with ever increasing number of > community radio stations. To > > maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal > obligation as a > > self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are > not equipped for doing > > this.. Moreover, community radio stations often need > to re-use and > > re-broadcast many of their archived contents. > > > > This new publication is a reliable manual for digital > archiving of > > multimedia contents, with special focus on community > radio contents. Its > > users will find it helpful in their every-day work. > The publication has its > > genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two > events, supported by > > UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for > Practising and > > Potential Community Radio Operators in India and > National Consultation to > > Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which > community radio station > > managers stressed the importance of archiving digital > audio contents. > > > > In line with the needs of the community, the manual > guides users in > > creating their own archives with stable, free software > like WINISIS, GenISIS > > and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL > addresses from where this > > software can be downloaded. > > > > The manual can be downloaded here: > > > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf > > > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > > Source: > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > > > > If you want a print copy of this book, please send a > request letter to Ms. > > Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung > Enclave, New > > Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a > self-addressed A4 size > > envelope. > > > > With Best Regards > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Anup Kumar Das > > New Delhi, India > > http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > Get rid of Add-Ons in your email > ID. 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