Work

Title

Bibliotecha

Author

Michaela Lakova, Lucia Dossin, Yoana Buzova, Roelof Roscam Abbing, André Castro, Lídia Pereira, Ana Luísa Moura, Max Dovey, Lasse van den Bosch Christensen

Date

2013-Present

Description

Bibliotecha is a framework to facilitate the local distribution of digital publications within a small community. It relies on a microcomputer running open-source software to serve books over a local wifi hotspot. Using the browser to connect to the library one can retrieve or donate texts. Bibliotecha proposes an alternative model of distribution of digital texts that allows specific communities to form and share their own collections.

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First instance of Bibliotecha

First instance of Bibliotecha

Bibliotecha hacksession @ Amro 2014

Bibliotecha hacksession @ Amro 2014

Photos by Yoana Buzova

URL

bibliotecha.info

Medium

Installation, Book, Script

Technology

Raspberry Pi, Calibre, Recoll

Manual & Source Code

Build Your Own Image Manual, gitlab.com/bibliotecha/bibliotecha

Event

“Free Libraries for Every Soul” – Hackathon in Utrecht, the Netherlands. 2 - 3 November 2013. URL: www.monnik.org/workshops/free-libraries-for-every-soul-hackathon

Event

AMRO 2014 in Linz, Austria. 28 - 31 May 2014. URL: www.radical-openness.org

Event

Off The Press in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 22 - 23 May 2014. URL: digitalpublishingtoolkit.org/22-23-may-2014/program

Related

[Lire+Écrire] by AA. VV., Publie.net, March 15th, 2014.

Keywords

access, collection, community, distribution, offline, public space

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