I wasn't referrring to IIAB or LibraryBox, but they're very interesting and I'll learn more. Do you know if anyone has used either of these systems to run a local instance of PubMed? The NLM's applications require a lot of higher-end command-line knowledge to use. I'm interested if anyone has produced an offline system for searching Pubmed that is user friendly and suitable for resource-austere settings._______________________________________________On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:38 AM <libraries-request@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:Send Libraries mailing list submissions to
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1. Re: Wikipedia-in-a-box (Shani Evenstein)
2. Re: Wikipedia-in-a-box (Federico Leva (Nemo))
3. Re: Wikipedia-in-a-box (Lane Rasberry)
4. Re: Wikipedia-in-a-box (Shani Evenstein)
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:11:18 +0300
From: Shani Evenstein <shani.even@gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box
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Hi Richard,
We, at WikiProjectMed Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>, are manufacturing
Internet-in-a-box <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box>
(IIAB).
This holds medical content and then some, and is a hotspot that 30 ppl can
access.
Cheers,
Shani Evenstein
Chair, WikiProject Med Foundation.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Waller, Jen <jenwaller@ou.edu> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
>
>
> Might you be referring to Jason Griffey’s Library Box
> <http://librarybox.us/> (modeled after Pirate Box
> <https://piratebox.cc/faq>)?
>
>
>
> -Jen
>
> --
>
> *Jen Waller*
>
> *Director, Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication*
>
> University of Oklahoma
>
> Bizzell Memorial Library
>
> 401 W. Brooks St., Room 243
>
> Norman, OK 73019
>
> 405.325.7998
>
> jenwaller@ou.edu
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Libraries <libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of
> Richard James <richardjam@gmail.com>
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> *Date: *Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:56 AM
> *To: *"libraries@lists.wikimedia.org" <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Subject: *[libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box
>
>
>
> Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone,
> non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was
> called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
> Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for
> distribution in resource-poor settings?
>
>
>
> Richard James
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:24:16 +0300
From: "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>, Richard
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Richard James, 26/06/2018 17:54:
> Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone,
> non-networked Wikipedia instance
I suspect you mean the WikiReader:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader
Nowadays, Kiwix does the job rather well on most platforms.
Federico
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:29:17 -0400
From: Lane Rasberry <lane@bluerasberry.com>
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Richard James <richardjam@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box
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+1 to what Shani said
main articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/App
watch the video
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-08-05/Special_report
development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-10-23/In_focus
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:24 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Richard James, 26/06/2018 17:54:
> > Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone,
> > non-networked Wikipedia instance
>
> I suspect you mean the WikiReader:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader
>
> Nowadays, Kiwix does the job rather well on most platforms.
>
> Federico
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:37:34 +0300
From: Shani Evenstein <shani.even@gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box
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Forgot to mention that if you're describing 4-5 years ago, you probably
remember Kiwix <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiwix_-_Wikipedia_Offline>,
which has kinda morphed into IIAB.
Shani.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.even@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> We, at WikiProjectMed Foundation
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>, are manufacturing
> Internet-in-a-box <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box>
> (IIAB).
> This holds medical content and then some, and is a hotspot that 30 ppl can
> access.
>
> Cheers,
> Shani Evenstein
> Chair, WikiProject Med Foundation.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Waller, Jen <jenwaller@ou.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>>
>>
>> Might you be referring to Jason Griffey’s Library Box
>> <http://librarybox.us/> (modeled after Pirate Box
>> <https://piratebox.cc/faq>)?
>>
>>
>>
>> -Jen
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Jen Waller*
>>
>> *Director, Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication*
>>
>> University of Oklahoma
>>
>> Bizzell Memorial Library
>>
>> 401 W. Brooks St., Room 243
>>
>> Norman, OK 73019
>>
>> 405.325.7998
>>
>> jenwaller@ou.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Libraries <libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of
>> Richard James <richardjam@gmail.com>
>> *Reply-To: *Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:56 AM
>> *To: *"libraries@lists.wikimedia.org" <libraries@lists.wikimedia.org>
>> *Subject: *[libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box
>>
>>
>>
>> Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone,
>> non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was
>> called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>> Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for
>> distribution in resource-poor settings?
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard James
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Libraries mailing list
>> Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
>>
>>
>
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