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== Description ==
== Description ==
* http://schoollibrary.com/OLPC_Collection.htm
* http://schoollibrary.com/OLPC_Collection.htm
* Apparently only in English
* Languages
* Around a thousand English Classic Children's Books
* Size


== Formats ==
== Formats ==
* Image pdfs
* Formats materials are currently in
* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from curent packaging)
* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from current packaging)




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==Assessment==
==Assessment==
'''Scope''' (subjects, ages, other)
'''Scope''' Children's books 1800-1920


'''Completeness''' (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)
'''Completeness''' random selection of 1000ish children's books


'''Multilingualism''' (specifically es, pt, en, ar)
'''Multilingualism''' Only in English


'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience)
'''Quality''' Pretty Images


'''Freeness''' These book images come with truly unfortunate "image copyrights" even though the text is off copyright. They are also completely uneditable, as they are only saved as images.
'''Freeness''' (license and format)




==Comments, Tags, and Ratings ==
==Comments, Tags, and Ratings ==

If the same texts are available in plain text through Project Gutenberg, we should use those instead, as they are editable, have no copyright issues, and take much less storage space.

'''XO'''
'''XO'''



Latest revision as of 00:42, 12 July 2007

Description

Formats

  • Image pdfs
  • Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from current packaging)


Curator Info

Group: Literature

Group coordinator: None

Contributing groups and their curators: None

Allottable size

Assessment

Scope Children's books 1800-1920

Completeness random selection of 1000ish children's books

Multilingualism Only in English

Quality Pretty Images

Freeness These book images come with truly unfortunate "image copyrights" even though the text is off copyright. They are also completely uneditable, as they are only saved as images.


Comments, Tags, and Ratings

If the same texts are available in plain text through Project Gutenberg, we should use those instead, as they are editable, have no copyright issues, and take much less storage space.

XO

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