<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks you so much for asking Braddock -- importing/exporting/sync'ing large number of books for real-world libraries are too easily dismissed as curatorial gardening!<br><br></div>Thankfully there was mention on today's call that <a href="http://calibre-ebook.com">http://calibre-ebook.com</a> was perfect for this job of large school libraries, but only experts like Anna would know for sure whether this kind of mega-import is hype or achievable if not elegant reality, as you know so well in the IIAB business ;)<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Braddock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com" target="_blank">braddock@braddock.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I'm curious how Pathagar may be
applicable to our Internet-in-a-Box (<a href="http://internet-in-a-box.org" target="_blank">http://internet-in-a-box.org</a>).<br>
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Can it scale to the 40,000 epub books in Project Gutenberg?<br>
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thanks,<br>
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On 06/04/2013 01:46 PM, David Farning wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">One of the additions to XSCE 0.3 is the ability to
add services to XSCE without having an intimate knowledge of the
entire server. Our first real test of this is the inclusion of
Pathagar as a bookserver.<br clear="all">
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<div>For the last three releases the XSCE project has
focused on the basics:</div>
<div>1. Network connectivity within the classroom.</div>
<div>2. Internet access were available.</div>
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3. Modular structure.</div>
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<div>This has been the boring framework stuff which
will enable the fun user facing stuff like Pathagar to work.</div>
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<div>Pathagar is a simple bookserver. In this case,
simple means rugged and maintainable. Pathagar has three
purposes; browse, search and download digital books from a
server.</div>
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<div>In the basic use case a librarian or curator
places digital books in a directory on the server. Students
can then browse, search and download from their web browser or
bookreader software.</div>
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<div>Technically, most of the pieces are in place:</div>
<div>1. I believe the XSCE needs a bit more work handle
external storage. (Not barfing if the USB connection is
bumped.)</div>
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2. Pathagar is fully functional.</div>
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<div>The remaining steps will be to:</div>
<div>1. Validate Fedora packaging.</div>
<div>2. Create the glue code to add Pathagar to XSCE is
a plugin.</div>
<div>3. Validate loosely coordinated release.</div>
<div>4. Test, test, test. </div>
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<div>Technically this seems pretty straight forward.
The more open ended issues is curating content. A book server
with no books is as useful as school server which doesn't
serve.</div>
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David Farning<br>
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