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BOOK UPLOADER BOT (BUB2) EXPLAINED

The BUB2 project is an open-source initiative that aims to make it easier to transfer documents from public libraries like Google Books, Punjab Digital Library (PDL) and Trove to the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. By contributing to BUB2, you are helping to preserve and make accessible a vast amount of knowledge that might otherwise be lost or remain inaccessible to the public.

What problem is your community trying to solve?

The community is focused on solving the problem of document accessibility. Many documents and books in public libraries are not available online, and the BUB2 project helps to digitize and upload these documents to the Internet Archive, where they can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.

Why would people want to use your project?

People who believe in the free distribution of knowledge and the preservation of literature and documents would be interested in using or contributing to this project. It's also a great opportunity for newcomers to open source to get involved in a project that has a tangible impact on the availability of information.

TERMS

Google Books: Google Books is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project.

Punjab Digital Library (PDL): The Punjab Digital Library is an effort to digitize and make accessible the rich heritage of Punjab. It covers a wide array of materials such as manuscripts, written documents, and early printed books from various libraries, private collections, and institutions.

Trove: Trove is an Australian online library database aggregator; a free faceted-search engine hosted by the National Library of Australia. Trove aggregates content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories, and other research and collecting organizations big and small.