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Import https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks Open Text books

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#8,551 opened on Nov 21, 2023

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Good First IssueLead: @cdriniModule: ImportNeeds: ReviewPriority: 3Type: Feature Request

Description

I found a source of freely-available textbooks that are not indexed in OpenLibrary. This issue is to consider including their corpus in Open Library. Actually a short web search brings up several sites that announce freely available texts.

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There are numerous sources, I'm not sure which it was that I was checking out:

See https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks, https://oercommons.org/hubs/open-textbooks, https://collegeopentextbooks.org/, https://openstax.org/,

RefersTo: TrustedBookProvider

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Tech stack
python
Domain
contentbackend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
PythonOpenLibrary codebaseweb scraping concepts
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
Examine the existing TrustedBookProvider system (e.g., openlibrary/plugins/openlibrary/ directory) to understand the interface for adding new book providers. Choose one of the mentioned Open Textbook sources (e.g., https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks) and implement a provider. Review the comments for any specific guidance from maintainers on preferred approach or potential challenges.
Import https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks Open Text books · internetarchive/openlibrary#8551 | Good First Issue