1. EBOOKS WITHOUTVENDORSUsing OpenSource Tools toCreate andShareMeaningfulEbookCollections

2. Who am I?Matt WeaverIT ManagerWestlake PorterPublic Library 3. Not an alternative to Overdrive, ebrary,3M, etc. 4. EBOOKS AS TOOLSTo be created by: the library the communityFor collaborationFor connection 5. Ebooks as source materialfor new products 6. DIY Ebooks: Library aspublisher 7. An Experiment: Library aspublisher 8. An Experiment: Library aspublisher 9. WHY DIY?Design for your community: Responsive Relevant Hyper-local 10. WHY DIY?Gain knowledge and skills that can beapplied in other projects/partnerships 11. WHY DIY?Content independence 12. OPENSOURCE:WHAT IS IT? 13. OPEN SOURCE: WHAT IS IT? Free to use Free to develop Uses free licenses(GNU GPL most common) 14. Open Source: Four FreedomsThe freedom to: Run the program for any purpose Study how the program works and adaptit to your needs (requires source code)www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 15. Open Source: Four FreedomsThe freedom to: Redistribute copies so you can help yourneighbor Improve the program and release yourimprovements to the publicwww.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 16. Why Open Source? - Collaboration& CommunityZero software costs, yet you getpowerful software 17. Why Open Source? Control overContentYou control development:ultimate control over content 18. Why Open Source? - Collaboration& Community Collaborators can be united withcommon tools 19. Why Open Source? -Collaboration & CommunityNo restrictions on collaboration bysoftware publishers'technologies/license agreements 20. An Open-Source Model forCommunity Publishing affordable for even small libraries return on investment 21. Digital Rights Management(DRM)DRM (Digital RightsManagement)Think of DRM on aneBook as a lock, withyour eReader havingthe key to open thelock and display thefile.- Jason Griffey 22. DRM in libraries Impedes access by imposingfriction = technological obstacles Expensive Counterproductive For much content, isnt necessary 23. DRM in libraries:Adobe isnt just tracking what users are doing in [DigitalEditions 4]; this app was also scanning my computer,gathering the metadata from all of the ebooks sitting on myhard disk, and uploading that data to Adobes servers. 24. SECURINGACCESS TOCONTENT 25. DIY: CopyrightDisclaimer:I am not now, nor have I ever been alawyer.I am not a copyright expert. 26. DIY: CopyrightBecause of digital distribution,andbecause the library does not own titlesto be digitizedo no Fair Use case,o no section 108 protections 27. DIY: CopyrightDetermine if book has fallen into the publicdomainOr seek permission from rightsholder 28. DIY: Copyright - Resources http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ 29. DIY: Copyright - Resources http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home 30. DIY: Copyright - ResourcesDigital Copyright Sliderhttp://librarycopyright.net/resources/digitalslider/ 31. DIY: Copyright - ResourcesCopyright Geniehttp://librarycopyright.net/resources/genie/ 32. DIY: Copyright Show your workDocument copyright research tojustify your usage, and to show thatyou acted professionally in trying tolocate rightsholders. 33. PERMISSIONTODIGITIZE 34. DIY: Copyright - Guidelines 35. Securing permission: consentformsOrganizational leaders: may think they have to sign overcopyright may be afraid to sign something will likely seek broader approval 36. Securing permission: consentformsConsent agreement should be clear oncopyrightBe clear how content will be usedIf you already have a consent form,make sure it applies to new projectsFor consent agreement questions,consult an attorney. 37. EBOOKSDISSECTED& DIGITIZED 38. ePub as zip file 39. ePub as zip file 40. ebook markupHTML & CSS 41. Everything has been digitized,right?Bad OCR: hours, fractionsScanned DigitizedCorrectedWPPLEpubpage 42. Homer ebook projecthttp://bookscanner.pbworks.com/w/page/40965440/FrontPage 43. HomerThe following tools are installed as part of the Homer Project: ImageMagick (for manipulation images) Jpegtran (loseless jpeg transformation) JBIG2 encoder (compression tool for bi-level images) Tesseract-OCR (optical character recognition) RubyInstaller (installs the Ruby programming language) Hpricot (HTML parser) RMagick (interface between the Ruby programming languageand ImageMagick) Pdfbeads (to create searchable PDF) Cmdow.exe (command-line utility used in Homer) ScanTailor (post-processing tool) Homer (command-line bash script) 44. EbookProduction Workflow 45. EbookorProduction Workflow 46. Homer: ScanTailor Preprocess tiff-formatimages of book pages Deskewing De-speckling Correcting warp Right-to-left languagesupport Outputs images forHomer 47. Homer:ScanTailor 48. HOMER BASH SCRIPTIt looks likecommand-line 49. HOMER BASH SCRIPTbut its drag-and-drop!!! 50. Homer: tesseract-ocrOptical CharacterRecognitionMultilingual support -From Afrikaans toVietnamese 51. Homer: pdfbeadsOutputs a searchablePDF 52. Homer & pdfbeadsOutputs a searchablePDF 53. Sigilhttps://code.google.com/p/sigil/ 54. Epub Validatorhttp://validator.idpf.org/ 55. Calibrehttp://calibre-ebook.com/ 56. Drupal Open sourcecontentmanagementsystem Widely used inlibraries Drupal 7 Responsivelayoutdrupal.org 57. DrupalAbility to createcustom fields formetadata can behidden from users 58. 3 contenttypes:recipeebookorganization Drupal 7 Responsivelayout 59. Drupal Recipe module 60. Drupal ILS authenticationmodule 61. USAGE: Since late Oct. 2013More than 1,800 ebook downloadsMore than 32,000 individual recipesdownloaded or printed 62. Costs:Content: $0Software licensing: $0Staff time: 4-7 hours per ebook (estimated) 63. The Community Cookbook whats next? 64. The Community Cookbook whats next? 65. The Community Cookbook whats next?Original content:We can help organizations produce theirown cookbooksWork with organizations to produce ebookversionsbut 66. The Community Cookbook whats next?with one more open-source tool, we caneven help them design print versions:We can do everything but the printing. 67. Its an excitingpossibilityfor the future of libraries thatthere is value to be mined fromcontent already in ourcommunities. 68. Even more excitingis the thought that the mostvaluable content to libraries iscontent from our communitiesthat hasnt been created yet. 69. Further Reading 70. Further Reading Jarret Buse - A Hands-onGuide to EPUB2 andEPUB3 Excellent guide to theguts of ebooks Features many of theopen-source programs Ihave discussed 71. Further ReadingStanford University: Copyright & Fair Use Charts and Toolshttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/charts-and-tools/ 72. mattrweaver 73. Image creditsOpen Source Sign Timothy Appnel -https://www.flickr.com/photos/tappnel/5798812875/Librarian from Turn of the Century -http://www.moyak.com/researcher/Clients/male_librarians/index.html?id=34Ereaders - Michael Porterhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5052936803/Apples & oranges http://mrg.bz/n1xLHg 74. Image creditsTechno_background2.jpg (ones and zeroes)http://www.morguefile.com/creative/GrafixarPile of books with lock: Librarian in Black -http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/12/overdrive.htmlRicoh Copier:http://www.itinstock.com/ekmps/shops/itinstock/images/ricoh-aficio-mp-4001-fast-photocopier-copier-printer-scan-fax-5598-p.jpg