stdClass Object ( [nid] => 212116 [vid] => 212800 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1242068609 [changed] => 1242068610 [comment] => 0 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1242068610 [title] => Re: Help to stock up the library with books and resource material [body] => Hi, Free e-books are a great option and I had suggested this on nabuur at Garden village earlier this year. The problems mentioned by Garden at that stage were related to the costs of printing and binding the free e-books after downloading, availability of computers etc. The advantages of free e-books include the following : - there is no need to request for donations of printed books - there is no need to pay charges to transport donated books from other locations - free e-books are available for all age groups and in all subjects, and there is no need to depend only on the subjects of the donated printed books The model of free e-books to be adopted could be as follows : - create an e-library which is equipped with a few computers where downloaded books can be read on the computer itself, and there is no need to print the books. This will avoid the expenses of printing and binding of the books, and physical storage is not required since the books are stored on the computers. - depending on need, a few books can be printed to meet the requirements in classrooms etc. - instead of asking for donations of printed books, the focus can shift to donations of computers and books on CDs or other storage devices. If books are available on CDs etc this will reduce the internet expenses also since these books can be transferred to the computers from the CDs directly, without the need to download these from the internet. In other cases these can be downloaded from the internet in one computer and then transferred through storage devices to other computers. Over a period of time, the e-library will grow to thousands of books, and this model can be replicated in all villages on nabuur. Vijai [teaser] => Hi, Free e-books are a great option and I had suggested this on nabuur at Garden village earlier this year. The problems mentioned by Garden at that stage were related to the costs of printing and binding the free e-books after downloading, availability of computers etc. The advantages of free e-books include the following : - there is no need to request for donations of printed books - there is no need to pay charges to transport donated books from other locations [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 25436 [name] => Vijai Singh [picture] => [data] => a:11:{s:2:"op";s:18:"Create new account";s:6:"submit";s:18:"Create new account";s:7:"form_id";s:13:"user_register";s:16:"captcha_solution";b:1;s:13:"captcha_token";s:32:"709067eb1714f8cbffc7dceb7ff967e0";s:14:"validationdata";a:4:{s:7:"form_id";s:13:"user_register";s:10:"preprocess";b:1;s:6:"module";s:9:"recaptcha";s:4:"type";s:9:"reCAPTCHA";}s:7:"contact";i:1;s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:1;s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"1";s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";} [path] => village/bukokholo/project/task/discussion/re-help-stock-library-books-and-resource-material-1 [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 67714 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [67714] => Bukokholo ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => Array ( [10] => Array ( [5463] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 5463 [vid] => 10 [name] => e-library [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) ) ) [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( [5463] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 5463 [vid] => 10 [name] => e-library [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 212116 [pid] => 196418 [hostname] => 127.0.0.1 [thread] => 01.00.00.00.00.00.00.00/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 169285 [depth] => 7 )