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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


Collections

library-core

|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Getting started : Introduction to using the XO edit
 
Maintainers: Walter, Sj  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.13 · source
Tested in: Update.1 (trac)
Translate: ·   available in en and es 

|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit
.. 
Maintainers: Sj, Charles  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.5 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory. 

|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikipedia : Selection from Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia edit
see also the more specific wikislices 
Maintainers: SJ Klein  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   available bundled works in es, pt, en, ar, ur 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikibooks : Wikibooks is an open-source textbook creation project with versions in many languages. edit
library core. There is an older bundle with the same name (v.1) 
Maintainers: sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types: .pdf
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: en and es ·   whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary edit
library core. see also the more detailed dictionaries in Words and at Dictionary 
Maintainers: Zdenek Broz  ·  License: various; CC-BY  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: en, es, pt ·   with translations also to ar, ru 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Storybooks : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection edit
 
Maintainers: Ben Bederson  ·  License: some PD  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.5 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit
library core. 
Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani  ·  License: CC-BY  ·  Mime types: .ogg
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| 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. 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| World culture : Selections from the Library of Congress's World Digital Library edit
library core. there are translations of many of these in the Library; here the text is english. 
Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.3 · source
Tested in: ship.2 (trac)
Translate: en ·    


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| World Factbook maps : Gallery of world factbook maps in PDF. edit
library core. The full collection has twice as many maps. see also Projects/Atlas
Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types: pdf
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.3 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   en 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons edit
library core. see also Projects/Wikipedia; currently not sharing images, but cross-linking 
Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.2 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   little text. 


|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Bundle archive : A pack of good activity and library bundles that can be installed in the library, for later individual unpacking. edit
library core. see also the specific bundles being configured for different regions and audiences 
Maintainers: Sj  ·  License: various; GPL  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.6 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   en 

|- valign="top" bgcolor="#F9F9Fc" class="olpc-activity-info" | width="5%" id="icon" name="icon" bgcolor="white" | icon for other | width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Search the Internet : Introduction to searching the Internet edit
a special bundle, currently tied to the browser home page. not separately downloadable at the moment. 
Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 ·
Tested in: all (trac)
Translate: ·   needs localization both into languages and into local search engine links 

Update.1

Books.png Books

icon for other Storybooks : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection edit
 
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 


icon for other Web design : An introduction to html, javascript and elements of web design. edit
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 


icon for other Wikibooks : Wikibooks is an open-source textbook creation project with versions in many languages. edit
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 


icon for other Short stories : Short stories in children's literature. edit
formerly from Literature 
Maintainers:  ·  License: PD  ·  Mime types:
Download v. ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other Lewis Carroll : A collection of Lewis Carroll stories edit
 
Maintainers: Monica  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.0 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other Wowio books : A selection of children's books from the Wowio online repository. edit
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: ·    

Books.png Reference

icon for other Wikipedia overview : The 1,000 articles every encyclopedia should have. edit
The list of 1,000 also informed the larger Children's Wikipedia. 
Maintainers: Andy Sisson  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.5 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   Available in en, es, pt, ar; many articles in th, some in ur, sw. 
542-stopicon.png This page has a more up-to-date location: WikiBrowse


icon for other Abridged Wikipedia : A set of one to three-paragraph selections from Wikipedia articles edit
see also Wikislice general; to merge 
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.2 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   en only, needs a good proofreader per language 
icon for other Wikislice general : an abridged static encyclopedia edit
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 
icon for other Wikislice animals : A collection of information about animals edit
Soon in other languages 
Maintainers: Zdenek Broz, Misha Herscu  ·  License: GFDL  ·  Mime types:
Download v.1 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·   English 

See Projects/World Factbook maps and Atlas.

icon for other WikiHow : A collection of fun things to do from the WikiHow community edit
could use translation. 
Maintainers: Felicity Tepper  ·  License: CC-SA  ·  Mime types:
Download v.1 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other 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. edit
see also Projects/World Factbook maps 
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    

Books.png Religion

icon for other NET Bible : An English language Bible edit
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. 
icon for other Illustrated bible : An illustrated bible, translated into many languages edit
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 
icon for other Koran : A Koran, in Arabic and English edit
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 

Science.png Math and Science

icon for other Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit
.. 
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. 


icon for other Wikislice chemistry : a collection of chemistry information edit
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 


icon for other Wikislice physics : a collection of physics information edit
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 

Images.png Images

icon for other Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons edit
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. 


icon for other Famous paintings : A selection of images of famous classical paintings. edit
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: ·    


icon for other World culture : Selections from the Library of Congress's World Digital Library edit
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 ·    

Music.png Music and Video

icon for other Sample media : Sample audio and video edit
formerly 'Audio & Video' 
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    


icon for other Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit
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. 

Activities.png Activities and Games

icon for other Activities : Activities (applications) and library collections for the XO. edit
 
Maintainers: sj  ·  License: various (gpl, gfdl)  ·  Mime types:
Download v.3 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other NES games : A collection of ROMs edit
from the lists 
Maintainers: Roberto Faga  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.1 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other How-tos : Basic how-tos and ideas for how-tos. edit
 
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    

Links.png Web Links

icon for other Links : Useful links for teachers, students, and parents. edit
 
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    

Uniwiki.png Health and Water

icon for other Uniwiki : A set of water and sanitation materials, with links to community pages. edit
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 ·
Tested in: (trac)
Translate: none ·   en, es 

Library-colingo.png Languages

icon for other Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary edit
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 
icon for colingo Colingo : A set of language-learning videos edit
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 ·    

EFK.png Draft / proposed collections

icon for other Age 5 Math : A math bundle in Flash edit
Content Bundle in the works for K-12 e-learning courses in English and Spanish. Portuguese and French to come soon. First course for testing. Release 12/12 
Maintainers: e-Learning for Kids  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.1 ·
Tested in: (trac)
Translate: none ·   learning courses in En and Es coming, Pt and Fr to follow. 
icon for other Sacred texts : A bundle of sacred texts from various religions edit
Just a suggestion at this stage. Based on the assumption that we shouldn't be giving kids a limited selection of religious texts. It's too much like endorsing certain religions. However a large selection of texts representing all major and some minor religions has educational value. Representative materials from world religion course. 
Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. · source
Tested in: (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other Classical music : A selection of midi files of famous classical pieces edit
Midi set desperately ISO scores to self 
Maintainers: Midi group  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types: midi
Download v.1 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: does localization into new musical families / transposition / "early music" rendering count? ·    
icon for other Appropedia : A set of water and sanitation materials edit
Intended: long and mini versions, and perhaps "A. Jr" as well. Currently being created on appropedia[1] 
Maintainers: [user:chriswaterguy]]  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v.1 ·
Tested in: (trac)
Translate: none ·   English only 
icon for other TeleHealth Database : Medical ref and diagnosis aid. edit
 
Maintainers: DyD  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types: n/a
Download v. ·
Tested in: (trac)
Translate: ·    
icon for other Children's dictionary : edit
built from dicts.info, dictionary collections from Bablyon, and the collections that ended up in Words
Maintainers:  ·  License: unknown  ·  Mime types:
Download v. ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: ·    

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].)