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Friday, December 15, 2006

Wiki-based guide to developing OA digital libraries

From a Sukhdev Singh post yesterday on diglib_india (thanks to Chris Leonard):

Open Access and Digital Libraries Group (OADL - New Members Welcomed) intends to develop a "Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries". It would be distributed freely under Creative Commons license....

Developmental approach would according to the principles of "wiki" but would list all its major contributors....

You may contribute by:
1. Suggesting the Table of Content.
2. Contributing topics to it.
3. Sharing your experiences.
4. Editing it.
5. Refuting it.

If you are a member of the OADL Group than contribute directly through emails to the group. Otherwise send your emails to [OADL-owner].  Mature Drafts would available under files section of the group.