[Foundation-l] APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks

[Husky]

That's great news! Hopefully some other publishers will follow their
example!

-- Hay Kranen / [[User:Husky]]

On 11/12/06, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Discovered this by coincidence -- haven't seen anything on it in the
> mailing list archives.
>
> http://www.apdip.net/news/wikibooks
>
> APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks
>
> APDIP realizes how fast a published book gets out-of-date, especially
> in the fast-moving field of information and communications technology
> for development (ICT4D). APDIP has therefore donated 15 of its
> e-Primers to Wikibooks for free use and update (see list below).
>
> 15 e-Primers are now available on Wikibooks for all to use and update.
>
> Nine of the e-Primers are part of APDIP's "e-Primers for the
> Information Economy, Society and Polity" series that detail the
> concepts, issues and trends surrounding different aspects of ICT4D,
> including e-commerce, education, e-government, Internet governance,
> legal and regulatory issues, and ICT for poverty reduction.
>
> Six of the e-Primers are part of the "e-Primers on Free/Open Source
> Software (FOSS)" series that introduce various aspects of FOSS,
> including education, government policy, licensing, localization and
> open standards. The FOSS series of e-Primers is developed by the
> International Open Source Network (http://www.iosn.net), an initiative
> of UNDP-APDIP supported by the International Development Research
> Centre of Canada.
>
> Wikibooks is our chosen platform because it facilitates collaboration.
> Every day, volunteers are improving Wikibooks, making many changes,
> writing, updating, and correcting books. Wikibooks maintains quality
> control and has policies and guidelines that users need to follow.
> Wikibooks are also available for all to freely distribute and
> reproduce as covered by the GNU Free Documentation License.
>
> We would like to invite you to visit the Wikibooks and contribute your
> knowledge and experiences in the relevant ICT4D topics. Forthcoming
> APDIP e-Primers on network infrastructure and security, open content
> and other topics will all automatically be donated to Wikibooks.
>
> The original published e-Primers will remain in
> http://www.apdip.net/elibrary#iesp (and, in the case of the e-Primers
> on FOSS, at http://www.iosn.net/publications/foss-primers), and the
> version in Wikibook will be linked to these. This way any user will be
> able to see the original version alongside the (modified) Wikibook
> version.
>
>
> e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society and Polity
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:ICT4D_Books
>
> 1. The Information Age
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Information_Age
>
> 2. Legal and Regulatory Issues in the Information Economy
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Legal_and_Regulatory_Issues_in_the_Information_Economy
>
> 3. Nets, Webs and the Information Infrastructure
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nets,_Webs_and_the_Information_Infrastructure
>
> 4. Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technologies_for_Poverty_Alleviation
> 5. Internet Governance
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Internet_Governance
>
> 6. e-Government
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-government
>
> 7. e-Commerce and e-Business
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-Commerce_and_E-Business
>
> 8. ICT in Education
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Education
>
> 9. Genes, Technology and Policy
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Genes,_Technology_and_Policy
>
>
> e-Primers on Free/Open Source Software
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:FOSS_Books
>
> 10. Free/Open Source Software: A General Introduction
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_A_General_Introduction
>
> 11. Free/Open Source Software: Education
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Education
>
> 12. Free/Open Source Software: Government Policy
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Government_Policy
>
> 13. Free/Open Source Software: Licensing
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Licensing
>
> 14. Free/Open Source Software: Localization
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization
>
> 15. Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standar
>
> --
> Peace & Love,
> Erik
>
> Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
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