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This is the KNET meeting place for the On-Demand Book Service (ODBS) Project, created in January of 2009. It is designed as a place to engage with First Nations online communities through conversation, dialogue, and sharing of the work that has been done so far. A class of graduate students from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto spearheaded this project, as a learning experience that has real life implications for these northern communities. Email: ondemandbookservice@gmail.com
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!! Important Notice !! Your input is wanted!! The project has received funding towards a public event that has to be held before March 31st. We would like to hear from community members and stakeholders about how this event can be relevant to them. Share with us ideas on how you want to participate, engage, or contribute. Do ask questions if anything is unclear. We are at the planning stage and your feedback will go a long way to ensure you are engaged! See forum below.

  • On-Demand Book Service for FN: Event Brainstorm Forum
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How do you want the ODBS portal to look like?

We are currently developing the layout of the ODBS portal and we need your help! Below are some mock-up designs that have incorporated the image of the Medicine Wheel:

Old portal mockup example - http://i48.tinypic.com/fm51g4.jpg
Main wheel with rollover graphics - http://i48.tinypic.com/kvmdt.jpg
Main Portal page - http://i46.tinypic.com/sw2r03.jpg

Four functions

http://i50.tinypic.com/2n6yps3.jpg - CREATE
http://i45.tinypic.com/r0plsj.jpg - EXPLORE
http://i45.tinypic.com/2cgoidl.jpg - SEARCH
http://i48.tinypic.com/16gct20.jpg - INSPIRE

  • Read the link below to learn more about the rationale behind these designs:
  • The Ongoing Design Process of the ODBS Portal Resource
  • Your feedback are greatly appreciated! Leave your comments here:
  • ODBS Portal Design Forum

  • Questions? Concerns? Want to get involved? Email the Portal Design Team ODBSportalgroup@gmail.com
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  • Survey for the Public Feedback
  • Survey for Community Information Providers Feedback
  • Survey Respondents Map
  • ODBS How-To-Videos Resource

  • Team Final Reports and Forum (Posted June 17, 2009)
  • Final Report Feedback Forum

  • 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
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  • Question & Answer Forum
  • ODBS Frequently Asked Questions Resource


  • ODBS Info Session, April 9, 2009 (archive).

    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 wireframe v.1 PDF document

  • Presentation Resources
  • ODBS Information Session-April 9th, 2009 Resource
  • Apr 9 Info Session Agenda Resource
  • 1st presentation - Community Research PDF document
  • 2nd presentation - Systems Design PDF document
  • 3rd presentation - Digital Contents PDF document
  • 4th presentation - Outreach & Promotions PDF document
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Welcome to the ODBS!

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 digital communities.

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:

1) free online content via a web portal that is developed by community members, or

2) using content developed by the local community, the user can create physical copies of texts using ODBS printing and bookbinding equipment.

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