From ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca  Wed Sep  7 13:08:17 2005
From: ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca (Wallace J.McLean)
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:08:17 -0400
Subject: [PGCanada] Update time!
Message-ID: <3c59441194.411943c594@ncf.ca>


I'm still collecting some materials that will provide the future PG-
Canada with rules for public-domain clearances under the current 
Copyright Act, AND -- importantly, the pre-1924 law. I've got most of 
the relevant statutes, and a number of the leading cases, already 
collected, with a few more to trickle in. I can provide a legal 
bibliography for anyone who's interested.

I'm also continuing with some bibliographical research, including a 
long-term project in AMICUS, and a short-term back-of-envelope project 
using O'Dea's Newfoundland Bibliography.

There are a frustratingly large number of authors with difficult-to-
determine death dates.

Any updates from anyone else on the technical or other fronts? Let's 
get moving...





From jenzed at gmail.com  Wed Sep  7 15:26:55 2005
From: jenzed at gmail.com (Jennifer Zickerman)
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:26:55 -0700
Subject: [PGCanada] Update time!
In-Reply-To: <3c59441194.411943c594@ncf.ca>
References: <3c59441194.411943c594@ncf.ca>
Message-ID: <7d5745970509071526500264b4@mail.gmail.com>

I've got a test PG Canada site up and running.  I'm working out bugs
and wrinkles and should have something for folks to look at next week.


jen.

On 9/7/05, Wallace J.McLean <ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
> 
> I'm still collecting some materials that will provide the future PG-
> Canada with rules for public-domain clearances under the current
> Copyright Act, AND -- importantly, the pre-1924 law. I've got most of
> the relevant statutes, and a number of the leading cases, already
> collected, with a few more to trickle in. I can provide a legal
> bibliography for anyone who's interested.
> 
> I'm also continuing with some bibliographical research, including a
> long-term project in AMICUS, and a short-term back-of-envelope project
> using O'Dea's Newfoundland Bibliography.
> 
> There are a frustratingly large number of authors with difficult-to-
> determine death dates.
> 
> Any updates from anyone else on the technical or other fronts? Let's
> get moving...
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Project Gutenberg of Canada
> Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
>


From sly at victoria.tc.ca  Wed Sep  7 16:05:48 2005
From: sly at victoria.tc.ca (Andrew Sly)
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:05:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PGCanada] Update time!
In-Reply-To: <7d5745970509071526500264b4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3c59441194.411943c594@ncf.ca>
	<7d5745970509071526500264b4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0509071603270.9603@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>


I've got a first test-case of Anne of Green Gables almost all
marked up. I've been trying to keep an eye open for ways to
stream-line the mark-up process.

Andrew

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Jennifer Zickerman wrote:

> I've got a test PG Canada site up and running.  I'm working out bugs
> and wrinkles and should have something for folks to look at next week.
>
>
> jen.
>
> On 9/7/05, Wallace J.McLean <ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
> >
> > I'm still collecting some materials that will provide the future PG-
> > Canada with rules for public-domain clearances under the current
> > Copyright Act, AND -- importantly, the pre-1924 law. I've got most of
> > the relevant statutes, and a number of the leading cases, already
> > collected, with a few more to trickle in. I can provide a legal
> > bibliography for anyone who's interested.
> >
> > I'm also continuing with some bibliographical research, including a
> > long-term project in AMICUS, and a short-term back-of-envelope project
> > using O'Dea's Newfoundland Bibliography.
> >
> > There are a frustratingly large number of authors with difficult-to-
> > determine death dates.
> >
> > Any updates from anyone else on the technical or other fronts? Let's
> > get moving...
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Project Gutenberg of Canada
> > Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> > List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> > Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Project Gutenberg of Canada
> Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
>
>


From jenzed at gmail.com  Wed Sep  7 16:26:43 2005
From: jenzed at gmail.com (Jennifer Zickerman)
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:26:43 -0700
Subject: [PGCanada] Update time!
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0509071603270.9603@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>
References: <3c59441194.411943c594@ncf.ca>
	<7d5745970509071526500264b4@mail.gmail.com>
	<Pine.GSO.4.58.0509071603270.9603@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>
Message-ID: <7d57459705090716262b53a767@mail.gmail.com>

nXML or HTML markup? The first cut of the site won't handle nXML
source,  but we can do a manual conversion to HTML.


jen.

On 9/7/05, Andrew Sly <sly at victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
> 
> I've got a first test-case of Anne of Green Gables almost all
> marked up. I've been trying to keep an eye open for ways to
> stream-line the mark-up process.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Jennifer Zickerman wrote:
> 
> > I've got a test PG Canada site up and running.  I'm working out bugs
> > and wrinkles and should have something for folks to look at next week.
> >
> >
> > jen.
> >
> > On 9/7/05, Wallace J.McLean <ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm still collecting some materials that will provide the future PG-
> > > Canada with rules for public-domain clearances under the current
> > > Copyright Act, AND -- importantly, the pre-1924 law. I've got most of
> > > the relevant statutes, and a number of the leading cases, already
> > > collected, with a few more to trickle in. I can provide a legal
> > > bibliography for anyone who's interested.
> > >
> > > I'm also continuing with some bibliographical research, including a
> > > long-term project in AMICUS, and a short-term back-of-envelope project
> > > using O'Dea's Newfoundland Bibliography.
> > >
> > > There are a frustratingly large number of authors with difficult-to-
> > > determine death dates.
> > >
> > > Any updates from anyone else on the technical or other fronts? Let's
> > > get moving...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Project Gutenberg of Canada
> > > Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> > > List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> > > Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Project Gutenberg of Canada
> > Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> > List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> > Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Project Gutenberg of Canada
> Website: http://www.projectgutenberg.ca/
> List: pgcanada at lists.pglaf.org
> Archives: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/
>


From hart at pglaf.org  Tue Sep 13 08:22:50 2005
From: hart at pglaf.org (Michael Hart)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:22:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PGCanada] New 35mm Scanner Available
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0509130822370.30533@pglaf.org>


As you may recall, I have been pushing to include artwork
in the various Project Gutenberg libraries, and thus I am
encouraging this with a new scanner I just bought to scan
35mm negatives and slides.

In addition, we may also have some access to new scanners
of a similar type at the U of IL and other sites, if your
concerns about mailing 35mm materials might be an issue.

We are legally able to use any two-dimensional picture we
can get of an two-dimensional artwork in which copyrights
in the original work precede 1923.

I would very much like to include more artwork, music and
other media in the various Project Gutenberg libraries.

Thank you so much!!!

Michael S. Hart
Founder
Project Gutenberg


From ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca  Tue Sep 13 08:27:46 2005
From: ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca (Wallace J.McLean)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:27:46 -0400
Subject: [PGCanada] New 35mm Scanner Available
Message-ID: <df302e3824.e3824df302@ncf.ca>


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Hart <hart at pglaf.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:22 am
Subject: [PGCanada] New 35mm Scanner Available

> As you may recall, I have been pushing to include artwork
> in the various Project Gutenberg libraries, and thus I am
> encouraging this with a new scanner I just bought to scan
> 35mm negatives and slides.

Can it take, or can it be jerry-rigged to take, 35 or 16 mm spools? Or 
microfiche?


> I would very much like to include more artwork, music and
> other media in the various Project Gutenberg libraries.

In the "other media" category... manuscript material would 
rock! "Distributed Transcription", anyone?





From hart at pglaf.org  Tue Sep 13 08:40:42 2005
From: hart at pglaf.org (Michael Hart)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:40:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PGCanada] New 35mm Scanner Available
In-Reply-To: <df302e3824.e3824df302@ncf.ca>
References: <df302e3824.e3824df302@ncf.ca>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0509130837480.30533@pglaf.org>


On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Wallace J.McLean wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Hart <hart at pglaf.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:22 am
> Subject: [PGCanada] New 35mm Scanner Available
>
>> As you may recall, I have been pushing to include artwork
>> in the various Project Gutenberg libraries, and thus I am
>> encouraging this with a new scanner I just bought to scan
>> 35mm negatives and slides.
>
> Can it take, or can it be jerry-rigged to take, 35 or 16 mm spools? Or
> microfiche?

I should think that any film that could be put into a slide would work,
so 35mm spools could work, though I would ask a local expert about the
copying process so the original could be preserved.

There are also adaptors for 35mm mountings for 16mm film, so I think
those could also be used.


>> I would very much like to include more artwork, music and
>> other media in the various Project Gutenberg libraries.
>
> In the "other media" category... manuscript material would
> rock! "Distributed Transcription", anyone?

No reason not to.

Thanks!!!

Michael



From jenzed at gmail.com  Thu Sep 22 21:07:08 2005
From: jenzed at gmail.com (Jennifer Zickerman)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:07:08 -0700
Subject: [PGCanada] We have a site.
Message-ID: <7d574597050922210710e7f029@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.gutenbergcanada.org

Pretty raw, as you see, but we can upload, categorize, browse and
search for texts. The site is powered by Drupal, an open-source
content management system. It's very easy to do most administrative
tasks, like write content, upload files, add new categories, etc.

I'd like volunteers to take over:

- PG Canada organizational content: We need content similar to Project
Gutenberg - who we are, how to contact us, terms of use, etc.

- Site styling: It's ugly. But it's just simple CSS, no rocket
science, so anybody with an eye for design and a little CSS knowledge
can handle it.

- Content management: It's very simple to upload content, create
categories, etc. I'd like someone else to manage that effort.

- PHP scripting: There are lots of places where a little PHP coding
would make the site experience a lot nicer.

- Logo: Gardner, could you make a version with a transparent background please?

Volunteers, please stick up your hands and I'll create an account for you.

The old wiki content might be useful for various things:
http://www.jenzed.com/pgcawiki/pmwiki.php



jen.