Thanks Fred for putting it out so wonderfully, I request all our community members to add the list of Nepal / Nepali web efforts so as to help us in learning new things happening.
Best HS On 2/13/08, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to help from Hempal Shrestha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've managed > to put together some 'commons' links from Nepal, defining the term in > a broad perspective. Please add more that you might know of. The ones > listed below related to Nepal or the Nepali language/community, which > give a hint of the creation, management and proliferation of digital > content in initiatives where the Net is taking things forward (but not > restricted to the internet alone). Some listed are also general sites > ... > > * Wikipedia, in Nepali. Over 2500 entries, according to the last > count. http://ne.wikipedia.org > * Wictionary in Nepali. http://ne.wiktionary.org/ > * Wikibooks in Nepali: http://ne.wikibooks.org/ > * WIkinews in Nepali (proposed): http://ne.wikinews.org/wiki/ > * Nepal on Wikipedia: http://nepalonwikipedia.notlong.com (6200 links) > > * Wikitravel on Nepal: http://wikitravel.org/en/Nepal > Mid-west Nepal: http://wikitravel.org/en/Mid_Western_Nepal > Annapurna: http://wikitravel.org/en/Annapurna > Kathmandu Valley: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kathmandu_Valley > Kathmandu: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kathmandu > Bhaktapur: http://wikitravel.org/en/Bhaktapur > Biratnagar: http://wikitravel.org/en/Biratnagar > Birgunj: http://wikitravel.org/en/Birgunj > Dharan: http://wikitravel.org/en/Dharan > Namche Bazaar: http://wikitravel.org/en/Namche_Bazaar > Nepalgunj: http://wikitravel.org/en/Nepalgunj > Patan: http://wikitravel.org/en/Patan > Pokhara: http://wikitravel.org/en/Pokhara > > * Nepal-related commons material > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Nepal&fulltext=Search > > * FOSS Nepal Community: FOSS Nepal Community is a team of volunteers > who believe in the usage of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). The > primary objective of the community is to promote and diversify the > usage of Free/Open Source Software in Nepal. > http://www.fossnepal.org > > * OLPC Nepal: OLPC Nepal (One Laptop Per Child Nepal) is a non-profit > organization. Our objective is to address Nepal's development > challenge through it's root cause, Education. Our goal is to provide > every child of Nepal with new opportunities to explore, experiment, > and express themselves. We believe that Nepal's asset is the > knowledge-based economy but the bitter truth is that, we are still > below the threshold. We need an efficient and effective tool to > leapfrog the gap. The adoption of the appropriate technology is the > only way out. OLPC Nepal aims to provide the solution with "Mero Sanu > Sathi", an inexpensive, durable, and highly power-efficient laptop as > a learning tool, for each and every child of Nepal. > http://www.olpcnepal.org/ > > * Telecenter movement in Nepal: Bringing Wi-Fi technology to create > new opportunities in the Himalayan region of Nepal. We had started the > Nepal Wireless Networking Project as a pilot project from a small and > remote area of Nepal with the help of foreign supporters and > volunteers. We did several testing in 2002 to find out if it is > possible to connect the villages to the nearest ISP in Pokhara. The > test was successful. In September 2003, we had connected five villages > and expanded the network to two more villages later on. So far we have > networked seven villages. The name of the villages are Nangi, Paudwar, > Ghara, Tikot, Sikha, Ramche, Khibang and Ghorepani of Myagdi district, > Nepal. The network is running despite some problems mainly the > shortage of power and wireless devices. Now we have 13 villages > connected in the network. http://www.nepalwireless.net/ > > * Digital Educational content in Nepal: sex shouts: Sixyadaan is the > Open Courseware Project in Nepal. It is 1. Is a free and open > educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners > 2. Is a publication of Course materials & Researches in Nepal 3. > Requires no registration to access the materials 4. Requires a free > registration to contribute 5. Is not a degree-granting or > certificate-granting activity > http://sixyadaan.org [Site not accessible as on Feb 13, 2008] Also: > http://parvez.stumbleupon.com/tag/sixydaan-nepal-ocw/ > > * LTSP e-Library concept : Open Learning Exchange Nepal : In order to > fulfill its mission, OLE Nepal is working in partnership with the > government of Nepal to: * Develop high-quality free and open-source > interactive digital learning materials that conform to Nepal's > national curriculum. * Maintain a web-based repository of these > resources. * Build the government's capacity to design, develop and > maintain ICT-based materials. * Implement a plan to provide universal > access to primary and secondary school level ICT-based > teaching-learning materials by 2015. * Research and evaluate the > effectiveness of different ICT based learning approaches. > http://www.olenepal.org/ > > * E-village initiative [Link not located.] > > * United Mission to Nepal initiative to Migrate to Free and Open > Source Software. [Link not yet found.] > > * digitalhimalaya.com: Books and publications available in Creative > Commons, FDL, Open Content in Nepal. A project to develop digital > collection, storage, and distribution strategies for multimedia > anthropological information from the Himalayan region. Conceived of by > Professor Alan Macfarlane and Dr. Mark Turin as a strategy for > archiving and making available valuable ethnographic materials from > the Himalayan region. Based jointly at the Department of Social > Anthropology at Cambridge University and the Anthropology Department > at Cornell University, the project began in December 2000. Three > primary objectives: 1. To preserve in a digital medium archival > anthropological materials from the Himalayan region that are quickly > degenerating in their current forms, including films in various > formats, still photographs, sound recordings, field notes, maps and > rare journals 2. To make these resources available over broadband > internet connections, coupled with an accurate search and retrieval > system useful to contemporary researchers and students 3. To make > these resources available on DVD to the descendants of the people from > whom the materials were collected by making them both easily > transportable and viewable in a digital medium. Five ethnographic > collections representing a broad range of regions, ethnic groups, time > periods, and themes were slated for digitisation in the first phase of > the project, along with a set of maps of Nepal and important journals > on Himalayan studies. http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/ > > * Open Knowledge Network: The Open Knowledge Network (OKN) is a > project founded by OneWorld International. It is active in parts of > Africa and South Asia as a human network, which collects, shares and > disseminates local knowledge and is supported by flexible technical > solutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Network > > * Open Knowledge Network Project-Nepal has played a vital role in the > creation, development and dissemination of local content. ENRD was one > of the implementation partner in this project which was implemented in > the Multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP) model. > http://www.enrd.org/contentdev.php > > * Nepal on the Directory of Open Access Journals: > http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals&hybrid=&query=Nepal > > Journal of Nepal Medical Association > ISSN: 00282715 > EISSN: 1815672X > Subject: Medicine (General) --- Public Health > Publisher: Nepal Medical Association > Country: Nepal > Language: English > Keywords: health, health care system, medical education > Start year: 1999 > http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=00282715&genre=journal > > Kathmandu University Medical Journal > ISSN: 18122027 > EISSN: 48122078 > Subject: Medicine (General) > Publisher: Kathmandu University > Country: Nepal > Language: English > Keywords: medical education > Start year: 2003 > http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18122027&genre=journal > > Nepal Journal of Neuroscience > ISSN: 18131948 > EISSN: 18131956 > Subject: Neurology > Publisher: Neuroscience Forum > Country: Nepal > Language: English > Keywords: neuroscience > Start year: 2004 > http://www.neuroscienceforum.org.np/index.html > > Our Nature > ISSN: 19912951 > Subject: Biology --- Environmental Sciences > Publisher: Nature Conservation and Health Care Council > Country: Nepal > Language: English > Keywords: biological sciences, ecology, environmental sciences > Start year: 2003 > http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/ > > MUSIC, BLOGS AND COMMUNITY SITES of Nepali communities. > > * United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal: Mission: United We Blog! > wants democracy and peace to be restored in Nepal as soon as possible. > We accept articles related to Nepal from people all over the world. > Email UWB: unitedweblog(at)gmail.com We are a group of like-minded > journalists working on various media outlets in Kathmandu and other > parts of Nepal. This is our forum to express things that we can't in > our media because of various reasons like space and time constraints > in traditional media. http://blog.com.np/ > > * MySansar.com In Nepali. "This is not a news site, it's a blog." > Publishes national Nepali and political news. http://mysansar.com > > * Sajha: Sajha.com aims to be the internet destination for all > Nepalese living in Nepal and abroad, and for anyone interested in > Nepal - to provide a internet space where we take a little break from > the monotony once in a while to indulge in gupp-supp to tickle our > intellect, to talk about Nepal and the Nepalese, and to remind the > fact that we are Nepalese no matter where we are and what we do. > http://ww.sajha.com > > * Nepal on http://www.openstreetmap.org/ Localities covered include, * > Nepal, Nepal * Patan, Nepal * Kathmandu, Nepal * Birgunj, Nepal * > Birātnagar, Nepal * Bharatpur, Nepal * Taweche, Nepal * Dharān Bāzār, > Nepal * Siddharthanagar, Nepal * Kathmandu, Nepal * Setī Zone, Nepal * > Sagarmāthā Zone, Nepal * Rāptī Zone, Nepal * Nārāyanī Zone, Nepal * > Mechī Zone, Nepal * Mahākālī Zone, Nepal * Lumbinī Zone, Nepal * Kosī > Zone, Nepal * Karnālī Zone, Nepal > > Thanks Hempal for the pointers and more! ---FN > -- > Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 > The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com > Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
