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<font size=3>[Forwarding from the Open Knowledge Foundation.
--Peter Suber.]<br><br>
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SEEKING AN EDITOR FOR OPEN TEXT BOOK<br>
<a href="http://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/31/the-open-knowledge-foundation-is-seeking-an-editor-for-open-text-book/" eudora="autourl">
http://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/31/the-open-knowledge-foundation-is-seeking-an-editor-for-open-text-book/<br>
<br>
</a>We are currently seeking an Editor for Open Text Book, “a registry
of<br>
textbooks that anyone can access, reuse and redistribute”:<br><br>
*
<a href="http://www.opentextbook.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.opentextbook.org/<br><br>
</a>If you are interested in the position, please contact us at info
at<br>
okfn dot org.<br><br>
### Background<br><br>
The Open Knowledge Foundation is looking for an Editor for its Open<br>
Text Book project. The project was launched in 2007 after Steve
Coast<br>
of Open Street Map donated us the domain name. It aims to be a
curated<br>
one stop shop for open textbooks - that is textbooks anyone is free
to<br>
access, redistribute, reuse and build upon.<br><br>
Recently there has been a sharp rise in interest in open textbooks.<br>
Earlier this month, a bill was proposed to make all Federally funded<br>
textbooks in the State of California available under an open
license.<br>
Last year saw the start of a student led campaign to make textbooks<br>
open - which is currently supported by over 2000 college professors.<br>
There now are a plethora of open textbook projects around the world
-<br>
at different educational levels, for a variety of different
subjects.<br>
Its an exciting time for open textbooks!<br><br>
The Open Text Book project aims to be, in the first instance, a
simple<br>
registry to make it easy to locate open textbooks from many
different<br>
sources. We have also begun to archive copies of some of the books
in<br>
a repository. There is plenty of room for expanding the project in
the<br>
future.<br><br>
### Responsibilities<br><br>
We anticipate the Editor will spend 1 to 2 days per month working on<br>
the project. This is a volunteer position and the Editor can be
based<br>
anywhere in the world. The Editor will be responsible for:<br><br>
* Adding new textbooks to the registry on a monthly
basis, and<br>
curating the repository of mirrored textbooks;<br>
* Checking the legal status of the textbooks to see
that they are<br>
compliant with the Open Knowledge Definition;<br>
* Attending virtual meetings with the Working Group on
Open Textbooks;<br>
* Giving input on the design of the Open Text Book
website, and on<br>
the future of the Open Text Book project.<br><br>
### Get in touch!<br><br>
If you are interested in the position, please get in touch, and let us
know:<br><br>
* Your name, affiliation, and website (if you have
one!)<br>
* Why you think you’d make a good Editor<br>
* Your ideas about the future of the Open Text Book
project<br><br>
If you know anyone who you think might be interested to hear about
the<br>
position - please point them to this post! You can also help spread<br>
the word by microblogging the following Identi.ca and Twitter
posts:<br><br>
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<a href="http://identi.ca/notice/13415208" eudora="autourl">
http://identi.ca/notice/13415208<br>
</a> *
<a href="http://twitter.com/okfn/status/5318869742" eudora="autourl">
http://twitter.com/okfn/status/5318869742<br><br>
</a>-- <br>
Jonathan Gray<br><br>
Community Coordinator<br>
The Open Knowledge Foundation<br>
<a href="http://www.okfn.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.okfn.org<br>
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