From: "christine" To: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:30:36 +0700 Subject: [DDN] UNDP-APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks

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UNDP-APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks

http://www.apdip.net/news/wikibooks

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15 e-Primers are now available on Wikibooks for all to use and update.

UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) realizes how fast a published book gets out-of-date, especially in the fast-moving field of information and communications technology for development (ICT4D). UNDP-APDIP has therefore donated 15 of its e-Primers to Wikibooks for free use and update (see list below).

Nine of the e-Primers are part of UNDP-APDIP's "e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society and Polity" series that detail the concepts, issues and trends surrounding different aspects of ICT4D, including e-commerce, education, e-government, Internet governance, legal and regulatory issues, and ICT for poverty reduction.

Six of the e-Primers are part of the "e-Primers on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)" series that introduce various aspects of FOSS, including education, government policy, licensing, localization and open standards. The FOSS series of e-Primers is developed by the International Open Source Network (http://www.iosn.net), an initiative of UNDP-APDIP supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada.

Wikibooks is our chosen platform because it facilitates collaboration. Every day, volunteers are improving Wikibooks, making many changes, writing, updating, and correcting books. Wikibooks maintains quality control and has policies and guidelines that users need to follow. Wikibooks are also available for all to freely distribute and reproduce as covered by the GNU Free Documentation License.

We would like to invite you to visit the Wikibooks and contribute your knowledge and experiences in the relevant ICT4D topics. Forthcoming APDIP e-Primers on network infrastructure and security, open content and other topics will all automatically be donated to Wikibooks.

The original published e-Primers will remain in http://www.apdip.net/elibrary#iesp (and, in the case of the e-Primers on FOSS, at http://www.iosn.net/publications/foss-primers), and the version in Wikibook will be linked to these. This way any user will be able to see the original version alongside the (modified) Wikibook version.

E-PRIMERS FOR THE INFORMATION ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND POLITY http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:ICT4D_Books

1. The Information Age http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Information_Age

2. Legal and Regulatory Issues in the Information Economy

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Legal_and_Regulatory_Issues_in_the_Information_

Economy

3. Nets, Webs and the Information Infrastructure

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nets,_Webs_and_the_Information_Infrastructure

4. Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technologies_for_

Poverty_Alleviation

5. Internet Governance

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Internet_Governance

6. e-Government http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-government

7. e-Commerce and e-Business

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-Commerce_and_E-Business

8. ICT in Education http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Education

9. Genes, Technology and Policy

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Genes,_Technology_and_Policy

E-PRIMERS ON FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:FOSS_Books

10. Free/Open Source Software: A General Introduction

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_A_General_Introduction

11. Free/Open Source Software: Education http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Education

12. Free/Open Source Software: Government Policy http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Government_Policy

13. Free/Open Source Software: Licensing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Licensing

14. Free/Open Source Software: Localization http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization

15. Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards

Christine Apikul

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