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Acquisition of the missing pages and books of Tamil Nadu Nationalised books for Tamil Wikisource - Phase 2 தொகு

Overview தொகு

What is the main objective of your proposal?
  • To identify the incomplete and unuploaded books among the ones nationalized by the government of Tamil Nadu.
  • To acquire the missing pages of the books by physically visiting libraries in Chennai and six other cities in Tamil Nadu.
  • To repair the incomplete books and upload them to Tamil Wikisource through proofreading reading edithathons.
  • To check, proofread and upload nationalized books that are already complete to Tamil Wikisource during the edithathons.
What are the main challenges you are trying to solve and your proposed solution?

The government of Tamil Nadu ( a state in India) has a book nationalization program with an annual budget. It acquires the copyrights of a certain number of books every year and releases them to the public domain. Over the years, Tamil Wikimedians have uploaded 2217 of these books to Commons. Of these, many are incomplete and have either missing pages or poorly scanned pages that prevent them from being transcribed and published in Wikisource.

During Phase 1 of this project, we repaired 183 such books and uploaded them to Tamil Wikisource after sourcing their missing pages from libraries around Tamil Nadu. Since then, we have identified more books with missing pages and this year more books have been nationalized by the government.

In this phase, we propose to acquire missing pages of 200 incomplete books (~40,000 pages) and upload them Tamil Wikisource. We also propose to upload 200 (~40,000 pages) of other complete nationalized books during this project.

Please describe the main activities that will be developing to achieve your objective.
  • We will update the existing list of missing pages by reviewing the updated corpus of books nationalized by the Government of Tamil Nadu. I will visit libraries around Tamil Nadu to find the exact editions of the books required, scan or transcribe the missing pages. The classification and organization system in a lot of TN libraries is not proper. Most of the libraries are following an 'open access system' and running with few bookkeepers - patrons misplace books in unsorted shelves and so finding them in any given library is extremely difficult. The rarer or older the book, the more difficult is to source it. We have to search in different areas and towns.
  • In parallel, we will be running editathons for proofreading where Tamil Wikimedians will proofread the newly completed books and other existing books and upload them to Wikisource. We will use the tutorials and screencasts developed for Phase 1 for training any new volunteers during Phase 2. I will be using the hardware acquired during Phase 1 for Phase 2. So no, new hardware are required for this phase.

As per the feedback received for Phase 1, I have decided to focus solely on the acquisition of missing pages and uploading of books for Phase 2. I am not targeting other results such as organizational partnerships, technology development and outreach opportunities and if they happen they will be considered as additional benefits. By this approach, I aim to exceed the outcomes achieved in Phase 1 at half the expense and half the time taken for Phase 1.

Project Proposal தொகு

Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries?

Local

Please describe how you have let Wikimedia communities know about this proposal.

Yes. Tamil Wikisource village pump has been notified.

Please state if you will be carrying out any of these activities within your programs? Select all that apply.

Organizing Meet-up online, Online and offline workshops

Are you running any in-person events or activities?

No

Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select all categories that apply.

Linguistic / Language, Digital Access

Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or thematic focus.

Culture, heritage or GLAM, Advocacy, Public Policy,

Please tell us more about your target participants.

.

Do you have plans to work with other Wikimedia communities, groups or affiliates in your country, or in other countries, to implement this proposal?

No Have you received grants from the Wikimedia Foundation before? Yes. For Phase 1 of this project.

Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Yes. We have an active Tamil Wikisource community that is interested in this project.

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation தொகு

Core Metrics தொகு

Enter a description of the metric and a number in the target field. If the metric does not apply to you, enter N/A for not applicable.
Summary
Core Metrics Description Target
Incomplete books completed Books with missing pages and poorly scanned pages completed by acquiring the pages with issues and uploaded to Tamil Wikisource. 200 books or 40,000 pages
Completed books uploaded Books that are in complete condition, rechecked, proofread, and uploaded to Ta Wikisource. 200 books or 40,000 pages
Editathons conducted Existing Tamil Wikisource volunteers and any new volunteers will make a focused push to check, proofread and upload the books to Tamil Wikisource 6

Financial Proposal தொகு

What is the amount you are requesting from WMF? Please provide this amount in your local currency. If you are thinking about a multi-year fund, please provide the amount for the first year.

1,44,300 ( ₹ / INR) (Currency converter)

What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

1,735.13 (U$ ‎/ USD)

Please share your budget for this proposal.
Work ground expenses
Serial number Item Amount ₹ Explanation
1 Project-related intercity travels 1,800
2 Daily transport during project 3,200 Intra city travel
3 Internet connectivity 1,100
4 City room 10,000
5 Food 12,000
6 On ground work remuneration 20,000 working 45 hrs/week
7 Total expenses for a month 48,100
8 Total expenses for three months 1,44,300 3 X 48,100 = 1,44,300
9 Grand total for this project 1,44,300 1,735.13 (The converter)