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Subject: [CI] FW: <incom> Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-Box Launched
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Subject: <incom> Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-Box Launched
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The Tactical Technology Collective has launched the next edition in
it's NGO-in-a-box series, the Open Publishing Box. The Open Publishing
edition of NGO-in-a-box is a toolkit of free and open source software,
tutorials and guides for producing, publishing and distributing
content. The edition, produced by Tactical Tech in collaboration with
iCommons, is aimed at small to medium sized non- profits, independent
media organisations, free culture creators and grassroots journalists
with a particular emphasis on those in developing and transition
countries.
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org
The contents of the toolkit were selected by an editorial team made up
of leading international practitioners working in DIY publishing, free
culture, technology for social justice and the development and
deployment of free and open source software.
The Open Publishing Box covers the following areas:
* Desktop publishing
* Graphic design, fonts and image manipulation
* Web publishing including wikis, content management systems and blogging
* Citizen journalism and participatory media
* Open content licensing and the commons
The Open Publishing Box is distributed quite literally as a box-set of
three CDs. The first CD is the compilation put together by the edition
editorial team, the second is the GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu and
the third is the OpenCD, a collection of basic FOSS programmes for
Windows.
The primary aims of the Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-box are to:
* Provide a selection of tools and materials for NGOs, activists and
journalists for the purposes of open publishing, open content
licensing and participatory media making.
* Create a toolkit that brings together a cross-section of approaches
to the broad area of publishing for the non-profit sector.
* Encourage and promote the growth and use of free and open source
tools for these activities; assisting with choice, testing, and access
barriers.
* Promote the ethics and potential of free culture and the development
of the commons.
This edition goes hand-in-hand with the Audio/Video Edition of NGO-in-
a-box <http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org>, creating a comprehensive peer
reviewed, tried and tested free and open source multimedia toolkit for
non-profits, activists, and grassroots journalists.
The edition is available online at <http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org>
and most importantly as a physical box set of CDs. If you are
interested in receiving a copy please email us at
openpublishing-edition%40ngoinabox.org">openpublishing-editionngoinabox.org
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