[Wikimediaindia-l] *Volunteers required for translating the Paris OER Declaration*

Hiya, Bala and I received a request a few days ago from Tim Seal of the Open University (UK), with whom we have been in touch in the last few months regarding open licensing of content and donation to Wikisource etc. among other matters. Tim requested us if we could help with translation of the

[Wikimediaindia-l] *Use of Images from India Office Records on Wikipedia*

Hiya, As some of you may be aware, I was in London for GLAM-Wiki which was held at the British Library a couple of months ago. This gave me the chance to interact with several members/trustees etc at Wikimedia UK. One of the discussions we had was getting images from the India Office Records onto

[Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM and archaeological dept

Yesterday, I met Mr. Sridaran, Retd Archaeologist, TN govt in a tamil books digitation workshop in chennai. I discussed with him about GLAM projects. He is interested in providing contacts with govt departments. Do we have any GLAM activity in chennai? How can we make him help to GLAM

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: A2K's MoU with TISS

Dear All, Institutional partnerships (especially in the higher education context) is a cross-cutting activity across A2K's various language plans and also the pilot project. A2K Team is happy to share with you an important outcome on this front. CIS-A2K has signed an MoU with TISS as part

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: A2K's MoU with TISS

CIS-A2K has signed an MoU with TISS as part of which we will collaboratively work towards building Digital Knowledge Partnerships with select higher education institutions. The objective is to enhance digital literacy in the Indian languages and facilitate collaborative knowledge production