2007 - 08 of ibiblio

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ibiblio-metrics

2002 2006 2008
800 Collections 1600+ Collections 2500+ Collections
3 million ftp+www/day 15+ million ftp+www/day* 16+ million ftp+www/day
1 terabyte of data 8 terabytes of data 13 terabytes of data
1 large server, 2 peripherals 22 www/vhost servers 25 www/vhost servers
2 database servers 5 database servers 7 database servers
4 radio stations 7 radio stations 7 radio stations

Some ibiblio sites strongly related to providing services and outreach to North Carolina

Over 100 sites marked as North Carolina-related in our Collection Index

More Than Math uses the art of Josef Albers from Black Mountain College to teach 3rd-5th grade math principles from the state math standards.

iNSIDEoUT serves all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied youth in North Carolina.

Heirs' Project

The Confluence Project has registered visits to all 13 of the Degree Confluence points in NC and is used in many 4th and 5th grad classrooms.

Project Gutenberg is a rich free text resource including over 20,000 books including the following 4 books:

Etext# 24539 by Howe, W. W. [Editor] entitled: Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862

Etext# 12953 by Hunter, C. L. entitled: Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical

Etext# 6080 by Moore, John W. (John Wheeler), 1833-1906 entitled: School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time

Etext# 22976 entitled: Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

and there's a travel book that is partly about NC: Etext# 3126 entitled: On Horseback, by Charles Dudley Warner

There are 7,709 live music shows listed on db.etree that took place in North Carolina.

the Orange County Arts Commission

Some speakers and speakings

ibiblio sponsored and co-sponsored speakers and events

Software Freedom day. September 14, 2007. Co-sponsor with Carolina Open Source Initiative.

Bob Young, founder of Lulu.com and of Red Hat. October 30, 2007.

NC Science Blogging Conference. January 19, 2008. ibiblio as co-sponsor and Jones as co-organizer.

Cliff Missen of eGranary. February 4, 2008. ibiblio as sponsor (with INTRAHealth)

DJ Spooky. February 8, 2008. ibiblio as organizer and co-sponsor (with Art, Cultural Studies, Open Video, English, Carolina Union, Duke Major Performances).


National and Community Talks and Conferences

NC Department of Cultural Resources at IBM - October 1, 2007. Jones as visiting consultant

"Noisy Libraries! and Free Software and Why You Should Love Them." October 17, 2007. Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas. Jones as University Distinguished Lecturer.

Intercontinental Hotel Group. November 17 - 18, 2007. Jones as consultant.

NCSU Computer Science Graduation Diploma Ceremony. December 19, 2007. Jones as speaker

INTRAHealth. January 16, 2008. Jones as featured speaker.

NC Technology Board luncheon. January 25, 2008. Jones as attendee.

WebWise 08. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Miami. March 5 - 7. Jones as invited panelist.

Microsoft Technology Summit. March 25 - 28, 2008. Jones as invitee.

UNC Systems Attorneys Retreat. UNC General Administration. March 20, 2008. Jones as invited speaker.

On UNC Campus

ASIST Panel. November 13, 2007. Jones as panelist.

UNC Black Journalists Association. February 13, 2008. Jones as panelist

Cyberlaw class. UNC Law. February 26, 2008. Jones as guest lecturer.

Media Law class. UNC School of Journalism. February 28, 2008. Jones as guest lecturer.

Digital Humanities Seminar. UNC English. March 18, 2008. Jones as guest lecturer.

New collaborations

CTSA status tracking systems and data management -

School of Public Health - Jones on Gillings Innovation Acceleration Centers Board

INTRAHealth - Open Source for Public Health

Open Library and Open Content Alliance

NSF DataNet proposal - lead by archive.org


Awards

Wilson Knowledge Trust Awards for OpenBook Project and Groklaw


Free Software Foundation Award for Social Benefit to Groklaw

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