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== Description == |
== Description == |
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* http://schoollibrary.com/OLPC_Collection.htm |
* http://schoollibrary.com/OLPC_Collection.htm |
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* Apparently only in English |
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* Languages |
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* Around a thousand English Classic Children's Books |
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* Size |
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== Formats == |
== Formats == |
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* Image pdfs |
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* Formats materials are currently in |
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* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from |
* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from current packaging) |
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==Assessment== |
==Assessment== |
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'''Scope''' |
'''Scope''' Children's books 1800-1920 |
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'''Completeness''' |
'''Completeness''' random selection of 1000ish children's books |
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'''Multilingualism''' |
'''Multilingualism''' Only in English |
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'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience) |
'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience) |
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'''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. |
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'''Freeness''' (license and format) |
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==Comments, Tags, and Ratings == |
==Comments, Tags, and Ratings == |
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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. |
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Revision as of 00:41, 12 July 2007
Description
- http://schoollibrary.com/OLPC_Collection.htm
- Apparently only in English
- Around a thousand English Classic Children's Books
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 (incl. suitability for audience)
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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