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Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report
- From: Catherine Ngugi <catherine.ngugi AT gmail.com>
- To: "'Abbas Mahmood'" <abbasjnr AT hotmail.com>, <ccafrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:36:49 +0300
Excellent new! Thanks for the update Abbas. Let us know how we
can support this important initiative. Regards, Catherine N Ngugi | Project
Director | OER Africa A Saide initiative From: ccafrica-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:ccafrica-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Abbas Mahmood Report:
Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Alex Gakuru and I
were invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News
Agency & the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a strategy for the
digitization of KNA's content. Alex was invited on his capacity as the CC
Africa Regional Coordinator, and I was invited in my capacity as a Wikipedia
contributor. In late July, the
working group had our first meeting, and (Alex and) my main goals were to 1)
talk about non-commercial use of content, 2) use the Aljazeera Creative Commons
Repository as a case study, and 3) learn from other stakeholders that were
involved. KNA has a
repository of (mainly) photos (6,000+) related to Kenya’s history and culture
dating back to the pre-colonial era. But due to budgetary constraints, the
photos are stored in non-ideal conditions and their risk of damage or
deterioration is therefore high. Moreover, their content is currently
underutilised due the difficulty in retrieving the photos and lack of public
awareness.
Various talks and
presentations were made by different people, including Alex Gakuru, who talked
about Creative Commons and showed a video of the Aljazeera CC Repository.
Followup Meeting Last week but one,
we had a followup meeting with the Permanent Secretary of Information &
Communication -- Dr Bitange Ndemo -- to recap what the working group had
discussed and to get final approval. The outcome was met with a positive
response, most notably with Dr. Ndemo categorically appreciating Alex and the
involvement of CC in this project. [Personally, I
think that this is a really good thing -- for the government to acknowledge CC,
since most people, let alone government, don't know what the hell creative
commons is. We should therefore expect positive involvement/increased awareness
as a result of this.] Conclusion Thanks, Abbas. |
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[ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report,
Abbas Mahmood, 08/21/2012
- Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report, Catherine Ngugi, 08/21/2012
- Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report, Primah Kwagala, 08/21/2012
- Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report, Folarin Aluko, 08/21/2012
- Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report, Paul KIHWELO, 08/21/2012
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Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report,
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- Re: [ccAfrica] Kenya News Agency Digitization Report, Tony okuku, 08/31/2012
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