Sameer Verma of OLPC-SF is putting together a library server for use in rural India. He is going to deploy it at a school pilot near his familial hometown.

This is a Pathagar server implementing the OPDS bookserver standard, running on a tiny Sheeva Plug device, accessible over a local network to XOs in the neighborhood.

Power draw: 4W
Simultaneous downolads: 500
Library size: 20-50,000 books (variable)

For details, images, and a mailing list for discussion, see: tinyurl.com/bookserver