Active Projects

If you're interested in contributing, please email me @ hi@mek.fyi.

If you're considering making a monetary contribution to support one of these projects, see how we'd put your funding to use.

Use the links below to learn more about how you can plugin and help. To learn more about this page, see my Rules for Projects.

OpenLibrary.org

OpenLibrary.org is a wiki-powered universal book catalog and a library with more than 4M books to read and borrow

How to Volunteer https://openlibrary.org/volunteer
Website https://openlibrary.org
Github (Website) github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary
Public APIs https://openlibrary.org/developers/api
Github (Client) github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-client
Executive Summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Library
Majordomo Drini Cami

See: volunteer page and this menu of opportunities (2020-10-21)

  1. Revamp Full-Text-Search (FTS) page for openlibrary.org DONE!
  2. Python code to add book to Open Library by ISBN DONE!
  3. Write a bot (add modern books to Open Library) DONE!
  4. TOC Search engine DONE!
  5. Make sure everything in IA printdisabled is in OL DONE!

Skillsera.org

Skillsera.org is a community-powered encyclopedia which teaches educational concepts by connecting bite-sized youtube video explanations.

How to Volunteer Email me!
Github (Client) https://github.com/Skillsera/api.skillsera.org
Github (API) https://github.com/Skillsera/skillsera
Executive Summary https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ClqagBxqYIjePwx0w4nnmaYYl1SQ-uVovUr6TnTWEg/edit
Majordomo Drew Winget
  1. Dockerizing Skillsera so anyone can work on it

Graph.global

Github (Client) https://github.com/w2g/graph.global
Github (API) https://github.com/w2g/w2g
Website https://graph.global
API https://graph.global/v1
Community Internet Archive Slack
Executive Summary https://github.com/w2g/w2g/blob/master/README.md
Majordomo Michael E. Karpeles (Mek)
  1. Make interface usable on mobile
  2. Docker provisioning: Make Setup/Installation Painless
  3. JS Client Library for w2g
  4. Killer Note-taking App Demo
  5. Add Auth + Sessions
  6. Add support for users (auth, sessions, users table)

Openjournal.foundation

Universalizing access to open academic publications, together

Github https://github.com/OpenJournal/central
Website http://openjournal.foundation
Community Archive Labs #scholar slack (75 people)
Majordomo(s) Bryan Newbold
  1. Presentable website

Fromscrat.ch

Github https://github.com/mekarpeles/fromscrat.ch
Majordomo Michael E. Karpeles (Mek)
Website https://fromscrat.ch
Executive Summary https://michaelkarpeles.com/curations/the-foundation#sec-1
  1. Port fromscrat.ch from http://mek.fyi/curations/the-foundation to github
  2. Convert fromscrat.ch to use https://recursive.recipes framework
  3. Write essay with me about the goals of fromscrat.ch

Inactive Projects

ArchiveLab.org

IIIF Service

Github github.com/archivelabs/iiif.archivelab.org
Website https://iiif.archivelab.org
Documentation http://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/documentation
Majordomo Drew Winget

This project is not seeking help at this time

Audiobook Reader

Github https://github.com/ArchiveLabs/audiobooks
Majordomo(s) Drini Cami, (past: Mark Carranza, Richard Caceres)

This project has been completed by Drini Cami

  1. Get Audiobook Reader to Borrowable Books (via IA s3 key auth) DONE!

Pragma.archivelab.org

Github https://github.com/ArchiveLabs/pragma.archivelab.org
Majordomo(s) Drini Cami
  1. Extend PRAGMA playback to support javascript selections DONE!

This project is not seeking help at this time

Todo.rip

Github (Client) https://github.com/mekarpeles/todo.rip
Github (API) https://github.com/mekarpeles/api.todo.rip
Website https://todo.rip
API https://api.todo.rip
Majordomo Michael E. Karpeles (Mek)
  1. Connect todo.rip with w2g (graph.global)

This project is not seeking help at this time