Project Seeks Free E-Books for Colleges in Developing Nations (1/2)

Books are a high cost of higher education. But the Global Text Project hopes to create a free library of one thousand electronic textbooks for students in developing countries.The aim is to offer subjects that students may take in their first few years at a university. The books could be printed or read on a computer or copied onto a CD or DVD.

Two professors in the United States are leading the Global Text Project. Richard Watson is the acting head of the department of management information systems at the University of Georgia. And Donald McCubbrey is a professor of information technology and electronic commerce at the University of Denver, in Colorado.

Professor Watson tells us that the idea for this project goes back several years. He was teaching a computer programming class but did not have a good textbook. So he asked his students to each write part of a book that he would organize and edit.

By the end of the term, Professor Watson had a finished product. Since then he has used it for other classes. Now, Professors Watson and McCubbrey are seeking volunteers to supervise the creation of books for the library. They are looking for professors or other professionals.

参考译文：

书是高等教育中很高的一笔花费。但是全球教科书计划希望创建一个拥有1，000本书的免费的图书馆给发展中国家的学生们。其宗旨是为那些刚进入大学几年的学生提供课程用书。这些书可以被打印或在计算机中阅读，或者复制在CD，DVD上。

美国的2位教授主持全球教科书计划。理查德沃森是佐治亚大学管理信息系统系主任。Donald McCubbrey 是美国科罗拉多州丹佛大学信息技术和电子商务教授。

沃森教授告诉我们对于这个项目的想法要追溯到几年前。他教授计算机编程课，但没有一本很好的教科书。所以，他要求学生每人写书的一部分，他将对这本书进行组织和编辑。

到学期末，沃森教授把这本书完成了。从那时起，他使用那本书教授别的班级。现在，沃森教授和McCubbrey正在寻找志愿者监督为图书馆所编的书。他们在寻找教授或者其他专业人员。