<h3>Entries from October 2011.</h3>
- <div class="entry">
- <div class="title">
- <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_e_book_kiosk_for_the_public_libraries_.html">Free e-book kiosk for the public libraries?</a>
- </div>
- <div class="date">
- 7th October 2011
- </div>
- <div class="body">
- <p>Here in Norway the public libraries are debating with the
-publishing houses how to handle electronic books. Surprisingly, the
-libraries seem to be willing to accept digital restriction mechanisms
-(DRM) on books and renting e-books with artificial scarcity from the
-publishing houses. Time limited renting (2-3 years) is one proposed
-model, and only allowing X borrowers for each book is another.
-Personally I find it amazing that libraries are even considering such
-models.</p>
-
-<p>Anyway, while reading <a href="http://boklaben.no/?p=220">part of
-this debate</a>, it occurred to me that someone should present a more
-sensible approach to the libraries, to allow its borrowers to get used
-to a better model. The idea is simple:</p>
-
-<p>Create a computer system for the libraries, either in the form of a
-Live DVD or a installable distribution, that provide a simple kiosk
-solution to hand out free e-books. As a start, the books distributed
-by <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a> (abount
-36,000 books), <a href="http://runeberg.org/">Project Runenberg</a>
-(1149 books) and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/texts">The
-Internet Archive</a> (3,033,748 books) could be included, but any book
-where the copyright has expired or with a free licence could be
-distributed.</p>
-
-<p>The computer system would make it easy to:</p>
-
-<ul>
-
-<li>Copy e-books into a USB stick, reading tablets, cell phones and
- other relevant equipment.</li>
-
-<li>Show the books for reading on the the screen in the library.</li>
-
-</ul>
-
-<p>In addition to such kiosk solution, there should probably be a web
-site as well to allow people easy access to these books without
-visiting the library. The site would be the distribution point for
-the kiosk systems, which would connect regularly to fetch any new
-books available.</p>
-
-<p>Are there anyone working on a system like this? I guess it would
-fit any library in the world, and not just the Norwegian public
-libraries. :)</p>
-
- </div>
- <div class="tags">
-
-
- Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett</a>.
-
-
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="padding"></div>
-
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<div class="title">
<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/40_kommuner_lenker_n__til_FiksGataMi_fra_sine_nettsider___gj_r_din_.html">40 kommuner lenker nå til FiksGataMi fra sine nettsider - gjør din?</a>
</div>
<div class="padding"></div>
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title">
+ <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_e_book_kiosk_for_the_public_libraries_.html">Free e-book kiosk for the public libraries?</a>
+ </div>
+ <div class="date">
+ 7th October 2011
+ </div>
+ <div class="body">
+ <p>Here in Norway the public libraries are debating with the
+publishing houses how to handle electronic books. Surprisingly, the
+libraries seem to be willing to accept digital restriction mechanisms
+(DRM) on books and renting e-books with artificial scarcity from the
+publishing houses. Time limited renting (2-3 years) is one proposed
+model, and only allowing X borrowers for each book is another.
+Personally I find it amazing that libraries are even considering such
+models.</p>
+
+<p>Anyway, while reading <a href="http://boklaben.no/?p=220">part of
+this debate</a>, it occurred to me that someone should present a more
+sensible approach to the libraries, to allow its borrowers to get used
+to a better model. The idea is simple:</p>
+
+<p>Create a computer system for the libraries, either in the form of a
+Live DVD or a installable distribution, that provide a simple kiosk
+solution to hand out free e-books. As a start, the books distributed
+by <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a> (about
+36,000 books), <a href="http://runeberg.org/">Project Runenberg</a>
+(1149 books) and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/texts">The
+Internet Archive</a> (3,033,748 books) could be included, but any book
+where the copyright has expired or with a free licence could be
+distributed.</p>
+
+<p>The computer system would make it easy to:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Copy e-books into a USB stick, reading tablets, cell phones and
+ other relevant equipment.</li>
+
+<li>Show the books for reading on the the screen in the library.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>In addition to such kiosk solution, there should probably be a web
+site as well to allow people easy access to these books without
+visiting the library. The site would be the distribution point for
+the kiosk systems, which would connect regularly to fetch any new
+books available.</p>
+
+<p>Are there anyone working on a system like this? I guess it would
+fit any library in the world, and not just the Norwegian public
+libraries. :)</p>
+
+ </div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
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