Meeting Place: On Demand Book Service

This is the KNET meeting place (created 01/2009) for the On-Demand Book Service (ODBS) Project, design to be a place to archive our work as it develops, as well as a way to engage the FN communities.

The goal of the ODBS is to support the joy of reading in rural and isolated First Nations communities in collaboration with community members, within the context of learning, knowledge sharing and history recording.

Project Partners:
University of Toronto
KNET Services
KO Research Institute
Internet Archive
Keewaywin eCentre
Keewaywin Public School

Project Contact:
Prof. Nadia Caidi
nadia.caidi@utoronto.ca

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	Event Archive Reading in First Nations: March 29th, 2010 Agenda Resource Introductions & Keynote (PolyCom) file Event Poster PDF document Event Invitations (Keewaywin version) PDF document Have a question? Ask us. On-Demand Book Service: Discussion Forum

1	ODBS Project Overview (Welcome!) The On Demand Book Service initiative is a collaborative project between the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto and Keewaytinook Okimakanak to develop strategies to support the development of information resources and services in remote and rural First Nations. The purpose of the On-Demand Book Service (ODBS) is to support the joy of reading in rural and isolated First Nations communities within the context of learning, knowledge sharing and history recording. Using either free online content via a web portal that is developed by community members, or using content developed by the local community, the user can create physical copies of texts using ODBS printing and bookbinding equipment. Read more. Class 2010 ODBS wiki file

2	ODBS Papers and Reports (2005-present) 2005 DLAC Conference Paper PDF document 2010 report on "Reading in First Nations" PDF document Books Online 2010 Conference Paper PDF document

3	2009 Student Contributions Below are the discussions, final deliverables and general contribution of the Graduate students participating in FIS2125 from January to April 2009. This was the first time that Prof. Nadia Caidi (along with Adam Fiser) used the ODBS as a real-life learning opportunity as part of a graduate level course dealing with information in the global context. The class was organized into four teams: Community Research, Content, Systems, and Outreach. The class produced final reports detailing their activities, critical reflections, as well as a final presentation to community partners at KNET and KORI. Survey, Portal and Tutorial Design ODBS Frequently Asked Questions Resource Survey for the Public Feedback Survey for Community Information Providers Feedback ODBS wireframe v.1 PDF document ODBS How-To-Videos Resource Discussion Forums Question & Answer Forum Class Teams Project Discussion Forum (Read Only) DRAFT Survey Questions-- YOUR INPUT PLEASE! Forum Promo Materials, Copy and Branding Forum Team Reports ODBS Community Research Report 2009 (728 kb) PDF document ODBS Community Research Appendices 2009 (1.5 MB) PDF document ODBS Digital Content Report 2009 (476 kb) PDF document ODBS Digital Content Appendices 2009 (2.5 MB) PDF document ODBS Outreach Report 2009 (140 kb) PDF document ODBS Outreach Appendices 2009 (360 kb) PDF document ODBS Systems Report 2009 (500 kb) PDF document ODBS Systems Apendices 2009 (2.4 MB) PDF document Student Presentations (April 9, 2009) The Faculty of Information students Hosted an ODBS Information Session on April 9th 2009, from 1:00-4:00pm. An archive of the event is currently not available. In the mean time, presentation slides and materials are available as PDFs below. ODBS Information Session-April 9th, 2009 Resource Apr 9 Info Session Agenda Resource Presentation Slides 1st presentation - Community Research PDF document 2nd presentation - Systems Design PDF document 3rd presentation - Digital Contents PDF document 4th presentation - Outreach & Promotions PDF document