I think it would be nice if we could ask for help from AnkurIndia. Although they work in Bengali, I am sure they would have some resources which we can find useful for Malayalam as well as other Indian languages.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]>wrote: > It is widely covered in vernacular press > > This is one among the english reports > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/digitising-contest-to-preserve-rare-books-in-malayalam/article5538126.ece > > I think it may be relevant to share the context of this too . This may be > helpful and useful for other wikisource communities. I am part of the > Organizing Team and our organization , Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is > one of the partners for this > > 1. Unlike Latin based languages , Most of the Indian languages does not > have a functional OCR solution. So for us the digitalising means typing > the pages and proofreading them . > 2. Even though there are many state run institutions and libraries are > engaged in scanning books for their digitization , The public domain works > are not available in most cases . Initiatives like GLAM s not much suited > for small librarys and state institutions. > 3. In short the absence / Way to thank library for preserving books till > they release under public domain with proper media attention becomes a > difficult task . This program experimenting a way to thank Govt institution > named Keral Sahithya academi via media attention for preserving and > donating the public domain copies to many books to wikisource . > 4.Wikisource can be used as a way of training new users to familiarize > with mediawiki and wikisyntax . A Typing+proofreading competition with > declared prizes anyway attracts more users and attention . within first 5 > days 80+ new contributors and 798 pages added to Malayalam wikisource > 5. We Succeeded in getting IT@School program of Govt of Kerala as an > official partner and created a seperate competition for schools . So > Students under the guidance of teachers can involve in Malayalam > wikisource and get exposure for wikimedia projects > 6. This helps in building more references for wikipedia articles . This > is an important concern for many languages without much digital archives > > Thanks to Vishnu , Director of CIS-A2K for initially coming up with an > idea of running a proofreading contest in malayalam wikipedia by offering > some Devices . This helped us to start exploring the possibilities and > expanding the program with more partners . > > In last October Malayalam wikisource community released a 2.0 version of > its offline CD . This is the next major endeavour > > > ~ regards > Anivar Aravind > User:AniVar > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That is an amazing news, Manoj, >> good job! >> >> Also, think about writing a blog post for the Wikimedia blog: >> they are always interested in hosting news a about Wikisources all around >> the world. >> >> Aubrey >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Jayanta Nath <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Keep it up Manoj , it's a great initiatives. We shall try the same for >>> Bengali wiki source . >>> >>> Jayanta >>> >>> On Thursday, January 2, 2014, manoj k wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> New year wishes to all. >>>> >>>> Wikisource project, a project of Wikimedia foundation is celebrating >>>> its tenth anniversary. As a part of the decennary celebrations, the >>>> Wikisource projects in various languages all over the world are conducting >>>> competitions that enrich their contents including but not limited to >>>> proof-reading and digitization. Being a part of it, Wikisource's >>>> Malayalam version - Wiki Grandhasala community, a voluntary unit >>>> engaged in collecting and digitizing valuable Malayalam books of >>>> yesteryears, is organizing a digitization (Typing & Proofreading) >>>> competition, along with various Government as well as >>>> Non-Governmentestablishments and other voluntary organisations with >>>> similar interestslike Kerala Sahithya Academy, IT@schoolProject, >>>> Swathanthra Malayalam Computing and Center for Internet and Society >>>> (CIS-A2K) under the banner of Malayalam Wiki community.. This >>>> digitisation competition is being conducted as a part of an effort that >>>> collects Malayalam Books whose copyright date has expired in digital form >>>> (in unicode format) preserving the content and makig them more accessible >>>> and popular. The competition lasts for a month, starting on January 1, 2014 >>>> and ending on Jan 31, 2014. The competition focuses especiallyindividuals >>>> and schools andincludes someattractive prizes including E-book readers, >>>> Tablets and selected books for >>>> those who lead the scoreboard. In this competition, books that was >>>> recently released by Kerala Sahithya Academy to its public collection >>>> will be digitised. >>>> >>>> Details of the competition;There are two specific competitions >>>> >>>> *Competition for individuals:-* >>>> This competition is for the general public. It includes typing and >>>> proofreading of selected books. The main aim is to attract people who >>>> are active in social media into Wiki Grandhasala activities. Those who >>>> wish to participate in this competition should register before January 31st >>>> 2014. Here are the pages which are to be typed in as part of this >>>> competition. >>>> >>>> *Competition for schools:-* >>>> Presently many student groups, through the IT Cell of their respective >>>> schools, participate actively in the Wiki Grandhasala effort. This >>>> version of the competition aims to increase the participation of such >>>> student groups. The idea is to inculcate more love for their mother tongue >>>> among the students. The process also aims at providing awareness out >>>> about such collaborative activities, getting them interested incomputer >>>> related areas, specifically >>>> Language Computing. Scanned copies of books that are in public domain >>>> will be made available to the respective schools. Under the >>>> supervision of IT@school coordinators of each school, students have >>>> to type them and proof read, which will be added to Wiki Grandhasala. >>>> >>>> The prizes (like E-book readers, Portable scanners) are sponsored by >>>> Center for Internet and Society, Kerala Sahithya Academy and Swathanthra >>>> Malayalam Computing. Also, certificates will be awarded to all >>>> students who participate in the school level competition and >>>> IT@schoolcoordinators >>>> , for their coordination activities. >>>> >>>> Those who wish to sponsor more prizes, and those who wish to >>>> makescanned/hard copiesbooks in >>>> the public domain availale to Wiki Grandhasala can contact >>>> [email protected]. >>>> >>>> Project Page: https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:DC2014 >>>> Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/265018530322640/ >>>> Score Bord : http://balasankarc.in/ProofreadingContest/index.html >>>> >>>> For Malayalam Wikisource Community >>>> >>>> Manoj.K/മനോജ്.കെ >>>> General Convener, Malayalam Wikisource Digitization Contest 2014 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > > -- Aarti K. 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