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Overall & Catalogs

Library of Congress - Justin Thorp, Kevin Novak : language, topical, format curators.
OER Commons [OERC] - Lisa Petrides, Amee Godwin. Collection & stamping. No paper, one update. ++ Music connections - Sippy Cups, Moog synth games
Open Knowledge Foundation - cf ckan.net, repository/index of free content projects... similar to OERC but from a coder's / revision control perspective. not communicating yet w/the above.
Curriki - Bobbi Kurshan, Josh Marks. Paper pending, one update.
Connexions (8-college), CK12 (K-12), [Wikibooks]
Communities: G-Literacy, Jessica Powell

Literacy, language learning

Todd Kelsey, coordinator.

Google Literacy Project : no paper, collection; network sharing. Karin Ploetz (Frankfurt LitCam)
Basic works : Conall Ryan, MGH. collection; needs effort, bureau
Basic tools : Ignatz Heinz (Avallain)
language tools: Jeff Fleishman

Literature

Internet Archive - no paper, need collection. Brewster K. children's collection. scanning? archiving. local expertise building. Alexandria, Million Book Project (China/India)
Related support: Don Hopkins, bookreader & keys, SimCity
ICDL - need paper, c issues, active disc,
Logos children's library - need paper, collection.
PDF collections
Project Gutenberg (John Guagliardo). c issues... how to resolve?

[zPDF collections]
Google Books: Luke H, summer post

Mathematics

Science

Biology : E.O. Wilson Foundation (no paper, 1 update)
Earth sciences (ChemProject WP)
Agriculture & Ecology (formerly: Martin G, Michael J)
EO Wilson, Calestous Juma, D. Rowe - temp support

Reference

coordinator: ...

LOC's World Digital Library: paper pend, need curators, need update, lang support, national crossover. Justin Thorp / Kevin Novak.
Encyclopedias (Andy Sisson upate?), Dictionary (Gerard Meijssen, Sabine, Erik update), Logos children's dictionary (no p / collection)
Atlas (wikiatlas on Commons: community update?)
Maps: Metacarta (help, code), Allan Doyle (EOGEO, advice), Adam Holt / Schuyler Erle (visualization via Meadan)
How-tos : Felicity Tepper, wikiHow (2 updates)
MAKE, Phil Torrone (need collection, guidelines)

OLPC guides (Asher Miller, K Xu, et al. need collections)

Culture

coordinator: ...

Museums and libraries : World Digital Library, Justin Thorp.
Museum of Fine Arts : online collection
Film : Godfrey Reggio (Anima Mundi, Qatsi trilogy), need coll, c confirmation
Music : Jamendo, Antenna Alliance (1 update), Freemusic, Jon Phillips (CC) - need coll, timeline

Health

coordinator: ... (see Noah, Kathy, &c)

Games

coordinator: Kent Quirk

Computers, programming

coordinator: ?

Development
Yoshiki??, eToys - need squeakland collection

Develop - activity, Andrew Clunis/orospakr
Books - Wikijunior, need coll (wiki proj)
No Starch, Intro to Python/Wikis/TCP/IP, Intro to Linux:

Trades and skills

Formats

Wikimedia commons: Erik Moller
Creative Commons style searches: jon @ cc
Book players: Conall Ryan, MGH
Books: Cormac Lawler (Wikiversity), Anne Schreiber (Curriki)
Drawing: rgbpaint/officiana (Manu), Inkscape (jon phillips), etoys - Bert Freudenberg
Audio: Jamendo - global collection of free music, license & quality checking. sink for Free Music Project / Antenna Alliance. balanced cc-by selection for OLPC children. Sylvain Zimmer
Video: Peter Kaufman @ Intelligent TV, Jeff Fleischman @ Sesame Workshop

Tools

Music: Barry Vercoe, Dr. B (Csound)
Programming environs || Alan Kay (eToys), Rob Saovye
Texts | abiword (osu + abi), Manu/dan/don (Xbook),
Media | OSU, real (Helix), ?gstreamer-team (Gstreamer), Rob Savoye (Gnash), Erik B (Capture)
Cartoons | Ignatz Heinz, Cartoonbuilder

Conversion/Translation

Todd Kelsey

Format conversion | ffmpeg2theora, theorur (OGG audio/video), PG (crossmark),
Text-to-speech - R Vergara, Gruppo Logos (human);
Translation - Gruppo Logos, OmegaT (Sabine Cretella), communities (proz, GerardM, Og Maciel); Google (Franz Och); Meadan (Ed Bice, Schuyler Erle)

Languages: Xavi, Antonio, Nalrawahi, Og Maciel, Bruno Magrani, Soufron, Suyesh, Don Osborn, Dwayne Bailey, Gerard M

by Geography: by coordinators

Recent notes

Second Life - Cory Ondrejka working on a low-overhead port
Stefan M - Moo cards...
cc - Eric Steuer - licensing for kids (with Ryan Trinkle)
cf also Jon
Isshu Rakusai, nota. shirts and free shirt design.
Hiroshi Tachioka, -?, testing in ed environment
InfoQ - agile software dev: connection with volunteer coders
Polish Free Textbook Project -- Wladyslaw Majewski. Free texts, localized.
Global Lives -- David Harris. Stories (vid, aud, transcript) from around the world

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 *: Open Knowledge Foundation - cf <tt>ckan.net</tt>, repository/index of free content projects... similar to OERC but from a coder's / revision control perspective.  not communicating yet w/the above.
 * Curriki - Bobbi Kurshan, Josh Marks.  Paper pending, one update.
-* Connexions (8-college), CK12 (K-12), Wikibooks
+* Connexions (8-college), CK12 (K-12), [Wikibooks]
 * Communities:  G-Literacy, Jessica Powell
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 * Biology : E.O. Wilson Foundation (no paper, 1 update)
 * Earth sciences (ChemProject WP)
-* Agriculture & Ecology
+* Agriculture & Ecology (formerly: Martin G, Michael J)
-*: formerly: Martin G, Michael J
 *: EO Wilson, Calestous Juma, D. Rowe - temp support
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 :''coordinator: ?''
 * Development
-*: ???, eToys  - need squeakland collection
+*: Yoshiki??, eToys  - need squeakland collection
 *: ''Develop'' - activity, Andrew Clunis/orospakr
 * '''Books'''  - Wikijunior, need coll (wiki proj)