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These are collections of references, images, books, and other content bundles for download to the laptop. Collections should indicate which builds they are tested with. Please click on the name of a collection for details.

To install a collection by hand : unzip it into /home/olpc/Library (creating that directory if it does not exist) and run /usr/share/library-common/make_index.py . This should happen automatically when a file with .xol mime-type is downloaded.

If you have a collection for public consumption, you can bundle it up and add it to the grid. If you're not sure how to do this, add descriptions and links to the talk page.

more information · preview sample bundles · update_1 testing

[edit] Collections

[edit] library-core

Getting started : Introduction to using the XO +/-   Maintainers: Walter, Sj  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types:

Download v.13 · source Tested in: Update.1 (trac) Translate: available in en and es

Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world +/- ..  Maintainers: Sj, Charles  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types:

Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory.

Wikipedia : Selection from Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia +/- see also the more specific wikislices  Maintainers: SJ Klein  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: available bundled works in es, pt, en, ar, ur

Wikibooks : Wikibooks is an open-source textbook creation project with versions in many languages. +/- library core. There is an older bundle with the same name (v.1)  Maintainers: sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types: .pdf

Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en and es whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages

Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary +/- library core. see also the more detailed dictionaries in Words and at Dictionary  Maintainers: Zdenek Broz  ·  License: various; CC-BY  ·  Mime types:

Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en, es, pt with translations also to ar, ru

ICDL : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection +/-   Maintainers: Ben Bederson  ·  License: some PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa

Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection +/- library core.  Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types: .ogg

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: these aren't tightly bound to a region, but sample collections by region are needed. Browsing Csound collections would cover most musical traditions.

World culture : Selections from the Library of Congress's World Digital Library +/- library core. there are translations of many of these in the Library; here the text is english.  Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · source Tested in: ship.2 (trac) Translate: en

World Factbook maps : Gallery of world factbook maps in PDF. +/- library core. The full collection has twice as many maps. see also Projects/Atlas.  Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types: pdf

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en

Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons +/- library core. see also Projects/Wikipedia; currently not sharing images, but cross-linking  Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: little text.

Bundle archive : A pack of good activity and library bundles that can be installed in the library, for later individual unpacking. +/- library core. see also the specific bundles being configured for different regions and audiences  Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: various; GPL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.6 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en

Search the Internet : Introduction to searching the Internet +/- a special bundle, currently tied to the browser home page. not separately downloadable at the moment.  Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v.4 · [ source ] Tested in: all (trac) Translate: needs localization both into languages and into local search engine links

[edit] Update.1

[edit] Books

ICDL : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection +/-   Maintainers: Ben Bederson  ·  License: some PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa

Web design : An introduction to html, javascript and elements of web design. +/- Needs maintainer.  Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en only, with code and some language-neutral information

Wikibooks : Wikibooks is an open-source textbook creation project with versions in many languages. +/- library core. There is an older bundle with the same name (v.1)  Maintainers: sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types: .pdf

Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en and es whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages

Short stories : Short stories in children's literature. +/- formerly from Literature  Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v. · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

Lewis Carroll : A collection of Lewis Carroll stories +/-   Maintainers: Monica  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.0 · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

Wowio books : A selection of children's books from the Wowio online repository. +/- Was posted here as an online link with good intent; needs maintenance.  Maintainers: Wowio?  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.0 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

Little Brother : Techie novel by famed writer Cory Doctorow (EFF employee) about fighting government censorship +/-   Maintainers: FFM  ·  License: CC-BY-NC-SA  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · [Little-brother-1.xol source ] Tested in: Joyride, Update.1 (trac) Translate:

[edit] Reference

Wikipedia overview : The 1,000 articles every encyclopedia should have. +/- The list of 1,000 also informed the larger Children's Wikipedia.  Maintainers: Andy Sisson  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.5 · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate: Available in en, es, pt, ar; many articles in th, some in ur, sw.

Abridged Wikipedia : A set of one to three-paragraph selections from Wikipedia articles +/- see also Wikislice general; to merge  Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en only, needs a good proofreader per language

Wikislice general : an abridged static encyclopedia +/- v8 to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project.  Maintainers: sj, zdenek  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: In en/es/pt/fr

Wikislice animals : A collection of information about animals +/- Soon in other languages  Maintainers: Zdenek Broz, Misha Herscu  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: English

WikiHow : A collection of fun things to do from the WikiHow community +/- could use translation.  Maintainers: Felicity Tepper  ·  License: CC-SA  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

Atlas : Interactive lightweight atlas that is hackable, can make use of open layer data, and can link out from the leaf node to data relevant to that location. +/- see also Projects/World Factbook maps  Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v. · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

[edit] Religion

NET Bible : An English language Bible +/- needs links to other languages. .  Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

download v.1 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: single index in en only. many other languages are available.

Illustrated bible : An illustrated bible, translated into many languages +/- needs links between languages.  Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: single index in en only. Available languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai

Koran : A Koran, in Arabic and English +/- similar translations needed for other languages  Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: Bilingual in English and Arabic

Quran : A Quran in Arabic +/-   Maintainers: user:walter  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types: pdf

download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: Another bundle has modern English translations Arabic

[edit] Math and Science

Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world +/- ..  Maintainers: Sj, Charles  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types:

Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory.

Wikislice chemistry : a collection of chemistry information +/- to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project  Maintainers: sj, zdenek  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: In en/es/pt/fr

Wikislice physics : a collection of physics information +/- to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project  Maintainers: sj, zdenek  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: In en/es/pt/fr

[edit] Images

Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons +/- library core. see also Projects/Wikipedia; currently not sharing images, but cross-linking  Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: little text.

Famous paintings : A selection of images of famous classical paintings. +/- The images needs complete alt text and attribution.  Maintainers:  ·  License: various (cc-by, cc-sa, gfdl)  ·  Mime types:

Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

World culture : Selections from the Library of Congress's World Digital Library +/- library core. there are translations of many of these in the Library; here the text is english.  Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · source Tested in: ship.2 (trac) Translate: en

[edit] Music and Video

Sample media : Sample audio and video +/- formerly 'Audio & Video'  Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v. · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection +/- library core.  Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types: .ogg

Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: these aren't tightly bound to a region, but sample collections by region are needed. Browsing Csound collections would cover most musical traditions.

Csound manual : An overview of how to use Csound +/- ..  Maintainers: Richard Boulanger  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: currently English

[edit] Activities and Games

Activities : Activities (applications) and library collections for the XO. +/-   Maintainers: sj  ·  License: various (gpl, gfdl)  ·  Mime types:

Download v.3 · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

NES games : A collection of ROMs +/- from the lists  Maintainers: Roberto Faga  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

How-tos : Basic how-tos and ideas for how-tos. +/-   Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v. · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

[edit] Web Links

Links : Useful links for teachers, students, and parents. +/-   Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v. · [ source ] Tested in: none (trac) Translate:

[edit] Health and Water

Uniwiki : A set of water and sanitation materials, with links to community pages. +/- Index page in spanish, with link to second index page in english. Two versions of content, english and spanish.  Maintainers: user:chriswaterguy  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

download v.1 · [ source ] Tested in: (trac) Translate: none en, es

[edit] Languages

Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary +/- library core. see also the more detailed dictionaries in Words and at Dictionary  Maintainers: Zdenek Broz  ·  License: various; CC-BY  ·  Mime types:

Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en, es, pt with translations also to ar, ru

Colingo : A set of language-learning videos +/- needs developers to help turn mock-up and description into code.  Maintainers: Ben Lowenstein  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:

Download v.1 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: none

[edit] Draft / proposed collections

[edit] To-do

• Update the browser mime-type list so it knows how to unpack and stow away content bundles
• Update the library main page to generate its navigation dynamically from its directory list
• Publicise this standard to people with game, audio, video, text, and other libraries; including activities that are registering mime-types with the browser and want to offer a way to browse their projects without launching them directly: for instance, Etoys should automatically produce a content bundle linking to its projects on the laptop build... perhaps with a section linking to other projects online.
• Define the generic bundle type for simple collections of files to be shared
• Unify bundle metadata and extensions to avoid extra custom formats and specialized hacks
• Set up converters for SCORM and similar zipped formats that track extra data about bundle use or bundle-related data. (note that in current implementation, it makes more sense to convert them to 'activity' bundles than to 'content' bundles since they capture usage data and provide that to [the browser/launching app].)