[OLPC library] [Testing] gnubook testing

Tue Jan 20 17:34:47 EST 2009

Sounds very good.  And creating derived works could allow for generation of
leveled readers more suited to the young/emergent readers.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Rebecca Hargrave Malamud <
webchick at invisible.net> wrote:

>  I agree. With public domain works, the electronic texts could, in theory,
> be revised - I am very excited about that. Improving the OCR is a big focus
> for IA this coming year.
>
> We do have a review module as part of the Open Library site - we could
> re-instate it to work together on something like this (a much more
> interesting application than simply "review this book").
>
> The efforts could be a modern day, interactive version of this book:
>
> http://openlibrary.org/details/rightreadingforc00welsrich/leaf33
>
> (but with inline annotations)
>
> :-)
>
>
>
> At 11:52 AM -0800 1/20/09, Carol Farlow Lerche wrote:
>
> We need to be aware that many of these very old children's books have some
> very unfortunate racist aspects about them, as well as the sexism you note.
> It would be good to have some way to collaboratively review these books as a
> guide for educators in the third world who might want to use them.
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Rebecca Hargrave Malamud <
> webchick at invisible.net> wrote:
>
> More information on PD books for kids  -
>
>
> Robert Miller, Director of Books at the Internet Archive reminded me of the
> collection on the Archive:
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/iacl
>
>
> Many of these are replicated in Open Library, but the alternative method of
> classification uncovers some gems. (including the Tag Cloud)
>
>
> Here are some new ones I culled working on the BPL Scan-on-Demand project:
>
>
> Uncle Wiggly's Adventures
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=unclewiggilysadv00gari
>
>
> Sea yarns for boys: spun by an old salt
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=seayarnsforboyss00hend
>
>
> The comical creatures from Wurtemberg
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=comicalcreatures00plou
>
>
> Dorothy Dainty at school
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=dorothydaintyats1904broo
>
>
> The ABC Book
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=abcbook00fall
>
>
> Things a boy should know about electricity
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=thingsboyshouldk00stjo
>
>
> Handicraft for handy boys
>
> http://openlibrary.org/olpc/embed?id=handicraftforhan00hall
>
>
>
> Best -
>
>
> Rebecca Malamud
>
>
>
> PS - I removed this from the somewhat high-trafficked Testing list - seems
> more approproate to the Library-OLPC - would definitely like feedback on the
> appropriateness of the material. Some are unfortunately gender-specific -
> but they are over 100 years old. I forgive the author :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> At 5:57 PM -0500 1/15/09, Chris Leonard wrote:
>
> These are not currently ideal for redistribution (read the terms and
> conditions), but maybe you can talk to UVA about some of them.
>
>
>
> http://etext.virginia.edu/subjects/Young-Readers.html
>
>
>
> cjl
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Rebecca Hargrave Malamud <
> webchick at invisible.net> wrote:
>
> Hi, Carol -
>
>
> I agree! Karen Coyle (http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/) has historically
> suggested that it would be good to engage some children's and young adult
> librarians to offer additional insight. LC has subject headings for
> "Juvenile literature" and "Children's literature," and there is a code in
> MARC for "audience level" - but they don't capture everything that one might
> deem appropriate for children (like "Tom Sawyer"). We could also get the
> audience level from ONIX records as well.
>
>
>
> So, yes,  I am in agreement - and will be fun to let users add to these
> collections as well!
>
>
>
>
> At 10:31 AM -0800 1/15/09, Carol Farlow Lerche wrote:
>
> Hi Rebecca -- It would be awesome to have a directory that showed reading
> levels for the English language books.  In my efforts to provide literacy
> materials to emergent readers via XO (and otherwise) this is an important
> piece of data for the teacher to have available.  It also reveals the dearth
> of materials suitable for emergent readers to read independently, as much of
> the what's available is too advanced and must be read aloud by an adult or
> older person.
>
>    On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Rebecca Hargrave Malamud <
> webchick at invisible.net> wrote:
>
> Excellent, SJ!
>
> Someone directed me to the International Children's Digital Library (
> http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ ) as a possible source for content. I
> haven't contacted them yet - but will.
>
> Also, I am working with Open Library on a partnership project with
> BPL (Boston Public Library) known as Scan-On-Demand:
>
> http://openlibrary.org/bpl
>
> There are some children's books - unfortunately, they aren't
> categorized by subject (yet) - fortunately, I am redesigning that
> page :-) - I am building a similar collection of the "best of" books
> from what we have scanned - I will send the Library-OLPC list
> anything I find -
>
> In the meantime, feel free to queue up any books you find interesting
> for scanning!
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Rebecca Malamud
>
>
>
>
>
> At 3:34 AM -0500 1/15/09, Samuel Klein wrote:
> >A quick update about the gnubook ajax bookreader : I'm talking to the
> >developer, Raj Kumar about how to improve the experience on the XO.
> >
> >you can test out the latest reader here:
> >   http://openlibrary.org/olpc/bookreader
> >   http://github.com/openlibrary/bookreader/tree/master
> >
> >and file feature requests and bugs here:
> >   https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnubook
> >
> >Please recommend specific books from the Internet Archive you'd like
> >to see tested on  the demo site; particularly from the children's
> >library collection and this set, many of which Rebecca has tracked
> >down:
>
> >   http://openlibrary.org/details/rightreadingforc00welsrich/leaf33
> >
> >
> >Cheers,
> >SJ
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