We conducted a mapping workshop for Vijaya Institute of Technology for Women, Vijayawada over multiple days and introduced students to mapping on OpenStreetMap through the iD editor, EveryDoor, and taking street imagery with Mapillary. We were able to generate lot of map data although with some issues due to overlapping and concurrent edits. A community discussion ensued on the OSM …
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Advocating for localised software and knowledge systems as part of International Mother Language Day
On the 25th International Mother Language Day, we set out to promote software localization, and access to knowledge in local languages. With the help of our volunteers, we organised events at seven colleges across three days in Vijayawada and one online session to advocate for broader access to technology and knowledge in Telugu. We translated Aaron Swartz’s Guerilla Open Access …
Reducing Tracking In Your Phone
Today’s mobile devices are more connected to the Internet than ever before. Every action done on our phone generates a lot of data that is shared to various companies. This data is of interest to them for various purposes such as advertising, tracking, etc. It is very valuable as it allows them to analyze people’s preferences and behaviors, market and …
How we built an e-book store to promote open licensing
Ever since we decided to present at the 35th Vijayawada Book Festival, one thing was bugging us. We needed to be a book stall of some sort but we don’t have any books to sell – other than the Balaswecha book we created in mid 2024. So we came up with an idea – an e-book store of works in …
Call for Action for Liberating Knowledge: Building Community Digital Libraries for All
The entire world’s knowledge can now be accessed over the internet or through digital infrastructure. Computers and IT being the central for the development today, there is a huge gap persisting in society as many are not in reach or having access to digital knowledge systems and learning environments. To bridge this divide, Swecha AP proposes to set up ‘Community …
Swecha AP at the 35th Vijayawada Book Festival
The 35th Vijayawada Book Festival is taking place from 2nd to 12th January 2025, bringing together hundreds of publishers at the Indira Gandhi stadium. We set up a stall to present our initiatives, projects, our ideals and raise donations. Balaswecha handbook We presented our handbook we designed with the help of our volunteers at the stall which attracted attention from …
Request to release your works under open licenses
This call for open licensing was given for authors and publishers during the Vijayawada Book Festival in 2025. For the Telugu version, click here. Knowledge is a public good which should be accessible for everyone. In the digital age, availability of information over the internet leads to better access and progress. Open licensing is one of the best ways to …
మీ ప్రచురణలను స్వేచ్ఛా లైసెన్స్‌ల క్రింద విడుదల చేయమని అభ్యర్థన
2025లో విజయవాడ పుస్తక మహోత్సవం సందర్భంగా రచయితలు, ప్రచురణకర్తలకు స్వేచ్ఛా లైసెన్స్‌ల మీద అవగాహన ఇవ్వాలని ఈ పిలుపునిచ్చాము. ఇంగ్లీష్ వెర్షన్ కోసం ఇక్కడ క్లిక్ చేయండి. జ్ఞానం అనేది ప్రతి ఒక్కరికీ అందుబాటులో ఉండాల్సిన ఒక ముఖ్యమైన విషయం. డిజిటల్ యుగంలో అంతర్జాలం ద్వారా సమాచార లభ్యత ఎంతో మెరుగ్గా జరుగుతుంది. అందరికీ అందుబాటులో ఉన్న ఈ అంతర్జాలంలో మరింత విలువైన సమాచారాన్ని, విజ్ఞానాన్ని చేర్చేందుకు మేము ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నాం. ఇందులో భాగంగా మీ రచనలను స్వేచ్ఛా లైసెన్సులతో విడుదల చేయమని మేము మిమ్మల్ని …
My Social Internship Experience with KLGLUG and Swecha AP
This post was written as part of the KLU Social Internship organised by Swecha Andhra Pradesh. See outreach dashboard of this internship for metrics or our page on meta.wikimedia.org for more of our activities in Wikimedia. Introduction I am B Suraj Patra, a first-year CSE student at K L University, and recently, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in …
Be a Maker: Empowering Young Innovators to Solve Real-World Problems
Case Study from October 2024- By KLGLUG Team Be A Maker It is an exciting new initiative which was unfolding and It encourages children in government schools to identify the challenges they face in their daily lives and come up with creative solutions through brainstorming. Over the span of four days, the event fosters innovative thinking, helping the students approach …