From: "Tim Xie" To: "Georgeanna Williams" References: <200505272040.j4RKeX8Z026596@night.its.uiowa.edu> Subject: Re: Non-profit academic permission request follow-up Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:53:42 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0039_01C562CB.DFBDFAE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0521-4, 05/27/2005), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C562CB.DFBDFAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Georgeanna, I am very sorry that this is the first time I see this message. The = similar situation happened twice last month. I guess that was caused by = the system error.=20 I am really glad to hear about the widernet.org and I will fully support = your idea and your website. Therefore, I will release the FULL = PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and updates as they become = available) to you for using my web site = http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm (all text and sound files) = for non-commercial teaching puposes. Please be aware that this is not an = officially published book. There are some typos and errors. Any comments = and suggestions are really appreciated. Dr. Tim Xie Associate Professor Dept. of Asian and Asian American Studies California State University, Long Beach 562-985-5278 (phone) 562-985-1535 (fax) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Georgeanna Williams=20 To: txie@csulb.edu=20 Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: Non-profit academic permission request follow-up Dear Tianwei Xie:=20 We recently requested your permission to distribute copies of = http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm web content to educational = institutions in developing countries. Since we have not received a = response yet, we thought you might need us to explain our intentions = more clearly and elaborate on the importance of your participation in = our project. If we should send this request to a more appropriate = person or department, please let us know so we can contact the right = person about this matter. The WiderNet Project, (http://www.widernet.org), a non-profit = organization, aims to improve digital communication and access to = information for students and scholars in developing countries. = Resources such as Conversational Mandarin Chinese contain a wealth of = information currently inaccessible to academic institutions of = developing countries. The institutions of developing countries must = connect to this information soon to remain relevant in the modern = academic world, and the WiderNet Project is working to facilitate this = connection through the eGranary Digital Library.=20 At this time, the WiderNet Project focuses its efforts in Africa. Many = of the institutions we work with do not have Internet connections or = have slow, unreliable and very expensive service. Often, professors and = students must pay per minute while online and it literally takes days to = search a website. More often than not, African scholars must look to = Western sources for information and research on Africa. Easy access to = hundreds of thousands of current academic materials greatly benefits = both faculty and students at these institutions.=20 With the eGranary Digital Library, students and scholars access the = information over their local area networks quickly and at no cost. The = eGranary Digital Library delivers digital information directly to Web = servers inside the institution, bypassing the Internet and eliminating = the in accessibility problem. Over 400 authors and publishers have = already donated over 1.3 million documents to the eGranary which are = being utilized everyday around the world. You can view the list of = content donors at = http://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/PermissionsReport.asp.=20 If you consent, your materials will appear in the eGranary Digital = Library without modification, retaining all citations, copyright = information, author information, and credits - exactly as they appear on = the Internet now. You will keep your copyright if you give us permission = to mirror your site content. No one will sell your work. You can find = more information about the eGranary Digital Library at = http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary. Specifically, we would like permission to: =20 -- Mirror (copy) the following materials for future versions of the = eGranary Digital Library: --http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm=20 --Distribute the Internet content you donate to participating = educational institutions via hard drive installation and/or satellite = transmission (when that becomes available),=20 --Allow project participants to make your materials available to their = educational community without cost, via their intranets (but not on the = Internet,) --Create an archive copy of your material on our password-protected = intranet server (for use in the event that your publicly available link = ceases to function.) =20 Please reply directly to this email, and tell us if you give:=20 =20 FULL PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and updates as they become = available) PARTIAL PERMISSION (Donate only materials that you specify, or limit = our delivery of your content to only hard drive installation or only = satellite transmission.) NO PERMISSION (Prefer not to help institutions in developing countries = at this time.) We hope that you will join our efforts to provide students and = scholars around the world with access to educational information and = resources. Sincerely, =20 Georgeanna Williams ---------------------- The WiderNet Project=20 University of Iowa=20 226 International Center Iowa City, IA 52242=20 USA tel: (319) 335-2200=20 fax: (319) 335-0820 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C562CB.DFBDFAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear=20 Georgeanna,
 
I am very sorry that = this is the=20 first time I see this message. The similar situation happened twice = last=20 month. I guess that was caused by the system error.
 
I am really=20 glad to hear about the widernet.org and I will fully support your idea = and your=20 website. Therefore, I will release the FULL=20 PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and updates as they become = available) to=20 you for using my web site  http://www.csulb.edu= /~txie/ccol/content.htm=20 (all text and sound files) for non-commercial teaching puposes. Please = be aware=20 that this is not an officially published book. There are some typos and = errors.=20 Any comments and suggestions are really=20 appreciated.
 
Dr. Tim Xie
Associate Professor
Dept. of = Asian and=20 Asian American Studies
California State University, Long=20 Beach
562-985-5278 (phone)
562-985-1535 = (fax)
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Georgeanna Williams
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:40 = PM
Subject: Non-profit academic = permission=20 request follow-up

Dear Tianwei Xie: =

We=20 recently requested your permission to distribute copies of http://www.csulb.edu= /~txie/ccol/content.htm=20 web content to educational = institutions in=20 developing countries. Since we have not received a response yet, we = thought=20 you might need us to explain our intentions more clearly and elaborate = on the=20 importance of your participation in our project.  If we should = send this=20 request to a more appropriate person or department, please let us know = so we=20 can contact the right person about this = matter.

The=20 WiderNet Project, (http://www.widernet.org), a = non-profit=20 organization, aims to improve digital communication and access to = information=20 for students and scholars in developing countries.  Resources = such as=20 Conversational Mandarin Chinese=20 contain a wealth of information currently inaccessible = to=20 academic institutions of developing countries.  The institutions = of=20 developing countries must connect to this information soon to remain = relevant=20 in the modern academic world, and the WiderNet Project is working to=20 facilitate this connection through the eGranary Digital Library.=20

At this=20 time, the WiderNet Project focuses its efforts in Africa. Many of the institutions we work with = do not=20 have Internet connections or have slow, unreliable and very expensive=20 service. Often, professors and students must pay per minute while = online=20 and it literally takes days to search a website. More often than not, = African=20 scholars must look to Western sources for information and research on=20 Africa. Easy access to hundreds of = thousands=20 of current academic materials greatly benefits both faculty and = students at=20 these institutions.

With the=20 eGranary Digital Library, students and scholars access the information = over=20 their local area networks quickly and at no cost. The eGranary Digital = Library=20 delivers digital information directly to Web servers inside the = institution,=20 bypassing the Internet and eliminating the in accessibility = problem. =20 Over 400 authors and publishers have already donated over 1.3 million=20 documents to the eGranary which are being utilized everyday around the = world.  You can view the list of content donors at htt= p://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/PermissionsReport.asp.=20

If you=20 consent, your materials will appear in the eGranary Digital Library = without=20 modification, retaining all citations, copyright information, author=20 information, and credits =96 exactly as they appear on the Internet = now. You=20 will keep your copyright if you give us permission to mirror your site = content. No one will sell your work. You can find more information = about the=20 eGranary Digital Library at http://www.widernet.org/d= igitallibrary.

Specifically, we would like permission=20 to:

 

-- Mirror (copy) the following materials for = future=20 versions of the eGranary Digital Library:

--http://www.csulb.edu= /~txie/ccol/content.htm=20

--Distribute the Internet content you donate = to=20 participating educational institutions via hard drive installation = and/or=20 satellite transmission (when that becomes available),=20

--Allow project participants to make your = materials=20 available to their educational community without cost, via their = intranets=20 (but not on the Internet,)

--Create an archive copy of your material on = our=20 password-protected intranet server (for use in the event that your = publicly=20 available link ceases to function.)

 

Please reply directly to this email, and = tell us if=20 you give:

 

FULL PERMISSION (Donate requested materials = and=20 updates as they become available)

PARTIAL PERMISSION (Donate only materials = that you=20 specify, or limit our delivery of your content to only hard drive = installation=20 or only satellite transmission.)

NO PERMISSION (Prefer not to help = institutions in=20 developing countries at this time.)


We hope that you will join our efforts = to provide=20 students and scholars around the world with access to educational = information=20 and resources.

Sincerely,

 

Georgeanna = Williams

----------------------
The WiderNet Project 
University of Iowa 
226 International Center
Iowa City, IA=20 52242 

USA
tel:=20 (319) 335-2200 
fax: (319) 335-0820

 

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