[IAEP] Library in a box

[Tony Anderson]

Hi,

OLE Nepal has deployed such a library since 2008. See www.pustakalaya.org.

The library is based on Fedora Commons and Fez.

I have rehosted most of the English language collection on Django (as is 
Pathagar). This works with the WebKit version of the Browse Activity.
A selected item is 'checked-out', meaning it is downloaded to the 
Journal and can be read by the Read activity (pdfs) or played by the 
Jukebox activity (audio, video). In addition, the library includes Sugar 
activities which can also be 'checked out', meaning Browse downloads and 
installs the activity.

The library needs major work to enable users not connected to the 
internet to be able to add to the collection. I am particularly 
interested in a means for users to add comments and rank items (as 
Amazon, for example). Another major need is a better system for users to 
find something interesting (e.g. like ICDL).

I am not sure about the 'small' box. A successful library with 
multimedia content will require many GB of storage. George Hunt has 
installed XS-0.7 on a Raspberry Pi with an external 500GB hard drive so 
this does appear feasible but I would like to get some experience with 
this configuration in production before recommending it for deployment.

Tony


On 03/07/2013 12:00 PM, iaep-request at lists.sugarlabs.org wrote:
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> From: Sebastian Silva<sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
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> Hey all,
> Most of you probably are aware of the Sugar Network project.
> We are actively working on it and it involves similar workflows, plus
> getting feedback from the users and distributing updated software. One
> concern we have is that we would like the flow of information and
> knowledge to happen not only from a central repository but also from the
> periphery inwards. In a country like Per?, where our group is located,
> with something like 60 native languages, this is vital.
> The core of the Sugar Network is a descentralized server and client that
> handle the sneaker net logic for asynchronic collaboration around a
> content, projects and sofware repository [1]. It provides an API and
> multiple front-ends.
> This is the work of Aleksey Lim.
> Please include me and Laura Vargas (added to cc) in discussions about
> this topic, so that we may join efforts.
> We are the designers/developers of the first front-end [1], designed
> younger users. We are also the ones who presented the requirements for
> Sugar Network as a Challenge for Sugar Camp Lima 2011 when this work
> started, to support the efforts of the local deployment support groups.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sebastian
>
> [1]http:/