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Open Library’s Book Reader

This is for my co-worker Peter. :)

Nat Torkington, on O’Reilly’s Radar site, posted today about the the Open Library Book reader:

Open Library Book Reader — the page-turning book reader software that the Internet Archive uses is open source. One of the reasons library scanning programs are ineffective is that they try to build new viewing software for each scan-a-bundle-of-books project they get funding for.

Source: Torkington, N. (2009). Four short links: 14 May 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009 from O’Reilly’s Radar Web site: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/four-short-links-14-may-2009.html

Kudo’s to the Internet Archive for releasing their code, hopefully this helps out on a project OEIT is working on with the Edgerton Center at MIT.

May 14, 2009/by Brandon Muramatsu

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Brandon Muramatsu builds connections at the intersection of learning, technology, innovation and scale. His work focuses on online and digital learning to improve teaching and learning with a focus on open education. He has been involved in the development of learning technologies and education technologies, curriculum and course development, open education / open educational resources and educational digital libraries over the last 25+ years. His work has a focus on engineering and STEM education, both nationally and internationally, and at all education levels.

Brandon Muramatsu leads the design and implementation of local, national and international strategic education initiatives at MIT for MIT Open Learning, and he consults on open education and educational innovation and technology.