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[[Image:Aaaaarg.png|thumb|link=http://aaaaarg.fail|350px|[[Aaaaarg]]<br>Originally focused on critical theory, gradually expanded to the arts, humanities and social sciences. Est. c.2004 by [[Sean Dockray]] as part of the [http://thepublicschool.org/ Public School].<br>[http://aaaaarg.fail/ Enter]. [https://twitter.com/aaaarg Twitter]. [https://www.facebook.com/aaaarg.org/ Facebook].]]
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[[Image:Memory of the World.png|thumb|link=https://library.memoryoftheworld.org|350px|[[Memory of the World]]<br>Started as a proof of concept of the [https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/tag/library/ Public Library] initiative. Est. 2012 by [[Marcell Mars]] and [[Tomislav Medak]].<br>[https://library.memoryoftheworld.org Enter]. [https://mobile.twitter.com/memoryofworld Twitter].[https://www.facebook.com/memoryoftheworld.org/ Facebook].]]
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[[Image:Textzcom.2020.png|thumb|link=https://textz.com/|350px|[[Textz.com]]<br>Hosts theory and fiction. Est. 2001 by [[Sebastian Lütgert|Sebastian Lütgert/ROLUX]].<br>[https://textz.com/ Enter]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Marxists Internet Archive.png|thumb|link=https://www.marxists.org|350px|[[Marxists Internet Archive]]<br>Hosts the works of Marxist, communist, socialist, and anarchist writers. Est. 1990 by Zodiac. Online since 1993.<br>[https://www.marxists.org/ Enter]. [http://www.facebook.com/groups/5636348598/ Facebook]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Social Science Research Network.png|thumb|link=http://www.ssrn.com/en/|350px|[http://www.ssrn.com SSRN] (Social Science Research Network)<br>The core of the collection are preprint versions of academic papers in PDF submitted by authors. Until 2016 run by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP), later acquired by Elsevier. Est. 1994 by Michael Jensen and Wayne Marr.<br>[http://www.ssrn.com Enter]. ]]
 
 
 
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[[Image:UbuWeb.png|thumb|link=http://ubu.com|350px|[[UbuWeb]]<br>Started as a resource for visual and sound poetry, soon expanded to the historical and contemporary avant-garde. Est. 1996 by [[Kenneth Goldsmith]].<br>[http://ubu.com Enter]. [https://twitter.com/ubuweb Twitter]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Electronic Poetry Center.png|thumb|link=http://epc.buffalo.edu|350px|[http://epc.buffalo.edu Electronic Poetry Center]<br>Hosts poetry books and periodicals; also lists contents from [http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse] and [http://jacket2.org/reissues Jacket 2 Reissues]. Est. 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein at SUNY Buffalo.<br>[http://epc.buffalo.edu Enter]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Eclipse.png|thumb|link=http://eclipsearchive.org/|350px|[http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse]<br>A free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of the most radical small-press writing from the last quarter century. Eclipse also publishes carefully selected new works of book-length conceptual unity. Est. 2003 by [[Craig Dworkin]]. <br>[http://eclipsearchive.org/ Enter].]]
 
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[[Image:Critical_Commons.png|thumb|link=http://www.criticalcommons.org|350px|[http://www.criticalcommons.org Critical Commons]<br>An online repository supporting the fair use of copyrighted media by educators. A project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Est. 2008 by Steve F. Anderson.<br>[http://www.criticalcommons.org Enter]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Sci-Hub.jpg|thumb|link=https://sci-hub.se|350px|[https://sci-hub.se Sci-Hub]<br>Provides mass and public access to 60 million research papers. Est. 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan.<br>[https://sci-hub.se Enter]. [https://twitter.com/Sci_Hub Twitter]. ]]
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* [[Aaaaarg|AAAAARG]] (originally AAARG, the acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group) is an online text repository for critical theory, arts, humanities and social sciences. Established c.2004 by [[Sean Dockray]] as part of [[The Public School]], [[San Francisco]]. [http://aaaaarg.fail/ Enter]. [https://twitter.com/aaaarg Twitter]. [https://www.facebook.com/aaaarg.org/ Facebook].
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* [[UbuWeb]] is an online archive of avant-garde art initiated by conceptual artist [[Kenneth Goldsmith]]. Founded in 1996, [[New York]]. [http://ubu.com UbuWeb]. [https://twitter.com/ubuweb Twitter].
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* [[Monoskop:About|Monoskop]] is an independent online educational resource and research platform for arts, culture and humanities. Monoskop was initiated in 2004 in the context of experimental digital culture in [[Bratislava]] and the wider region. Founding editor: [[Dušan Barok]]. The [[Monoskop Log]] library has branched out in 2009. [https://monoskop.org Monoskop]. [https://monoskop.org/log Monoskop Log].
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* [[Memory of the World]] started as a proof of concept of the [https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/tag/library/ Public Library] initiative. Established 2012 by [[Marcell Mars]], [[Tomislav Medak]] and [[Dubravka Sekulić]], close to [[mama]], [[Zagreb]]. [https://library.memoryoftheworld.org Memory of the World]. [https://twitter.com/memoryofworld Twitter].[https://www.facebook.com/memoryoftheworld.org/ Facebook].
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* [[Textz.com]] hosts theory and fiction. Established 2001 by [[Sebastian Lütgert|Sebastian Lütgert/ROLUX]], [[Berlin]]. [https://textz.com/ Enter].
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* [http://epc.buffalo.edu Electronic Poetry Center] hosts poetry books and periodicals; also lists contents from [http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse] and [http://jacket2.org/reissues Jacket 2 Reissues]. Established 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein at SUNY Buffalo, New York.
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* [[Library Stack]] Database initiative for digital objects and publications. Established 2015 by Erik Wysocan and Benjamin Tiven. [https://librarystack.org Library Stack]. [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LibraryStack?src=hash Twitter].
  
[[Image:The Anarchist Library.png|thumb|link=http://theanarchistlibrary.org/|350px|[http://theanarchistlibrary.org/ The Anarchist Library]<br>An archive focusing on anarchism. The site also provides an online service, [http://theanarchistlibrary.org/bookbuilder Bookbuilder], to create collections of texts, with editing features, changing layout and rendering to PDFs or EPUBs. Est. c2008.<br>[http://theanarchistlibrary.org/ Enter].]]
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* [http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse] A free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of radical small-press writing from recent decades. Eclipse also publishes new works of book-length conceptual unity. Established 2003 by [[Craig Dworkin]].
  
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* [[Library Genesis]], a host to 3 million books. Established 2008. [http://libgen.rs/ LibGen].
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* [http://www.fragen.nu/ Fragen] is a digital library of key texts of second wave of feminism in Europe. It was created between 2006-2011 and is maintained by Atria, Amsterdam. The content is available under the Creative Commons license.
  
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* [[Marxists Internet Archive]] hosts the works of Marxist, communist, socialist, and anarchist writers. Established 1990 by Zodiac. Online since 1993. [https://www.marxists.org/ Marxists.org]. [http://www.facebook.com/groups/5636348598/ Facebook].
  
[[Image:Monoskop.png|thumb|link=https://monoskop.org|350px|[[Monoskop:About|Monoskop]]<br>Initially a media art research initiative, Monoskop gradually expanded toward avant-garde media studies. Est. 2004 by [[Dušan Barok]]. [[Monoskop Log]] library has branched out in 2009.<br>[https://monoskop.org Enter]. [https://twitter.com/monoskop Twitter]. [https://www.facebook.com/monoskoplog/ Facebook]. ]]
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* [http://www.criticalcommons.org Critical Commons] An online repository supporting the fair use of copyrighted media by educators. A project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Established 2008 by Steve F. Anderson.
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* [http://uberty.org/ Uberty] is a resource of documents and media related to New Rationalism, Accelerationism, and other recent theory and philosophy. Established 2015. [https://twitter.com/ubertyorg Twitter]. [https://www.facebook.com/uberty.org/ Facebook].
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* [https://sci-hub.se Sci-Hub] provides mass and public access to 60 million research papers. Established 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan. [https://twitter.com/Sci_Hub Twitter].
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* [http://theanarchistlibrary.org/ The Anarchist Library], an archive focusing on anarchism. The site also provides an online service, [http://theanarchistlibrary.org/bookbuilder Bookbuilder], to create collections of texts, with editing features, changing layout and rendering to PDFs or EPUBs. Established c.2008.
  
[[Image:Library Stack.png|thumb|link=https://www.librarystack.org/|350px|[[Library Stack]]<br>Database initiative for digital objects and publications. Est. 2015 by Erik Wysocan and Benjamin Tiven.<br>[https://librarystack.org Enter]. [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LibraryStack?src=hash Twitter].  ]]
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* [http://classiques.uqac.ca/ Les Classiques des sciences sociales] hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences, counting some 6,000 publications from 2,000 authors. Established 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).  
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[[Image:LibGen.png|thumb|link=http://libgen.rs/|350px|[[Library Genesis]]<br>A host to 3 million books. Est. 2008.<br>[http://libgen.rs/ Enter]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Uberty.png|thumb|link=http://uberty.org/|350px|[http://uberty.org/ Uberty]<br>A resource of documents and media related to New Rationalism, Accelerationism, and other recent theory and philosophy. Est. 2015.<br>[http://uberty.org/ Enter]. [https://twitter.com/ubertyorg Twitter]. [https://www.facebook.com/uberty.org/ Facebook]. ]]
 
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[[Image:Fragen.nu.png|thumb|link=http://www.fragen.nu|350px|[http://www.fragen.nu/ Fragen]<br>Digital library of key texts of second wave of feminism in Europe. CC BY-NC-ND. Maintained by Atria, Amsterdam. Created 2006-2011.<br>[http://www.fragen.nu/ Enter].]]
 
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[[Image:Les Classiques des sciences sociales.png|thumb|link=http://classiques.uqac.ca|350px|[http://classiques.uqac.ca/ Les Classiques des sciences sociales]<br>Hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences. 6000 publications from 2000 authors. Est. 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).<br>[http://classiques.uqac.ca Enter]. ]]
 
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* [http://calafou.org/es/content/hack-biblio-construir-bibliotecas-publicas Hack the biblio! Construir bibliotecas publicas], [[Calafou]], Barcelona, 17-21 Apr 2014.  
 
* [http://calafou.org/es/content/hack-biblio-construir-bibliotecas-publicas Hack the biblio! Construir bibliotecas publicas], [[Calafou]], Barcelona, 17-21 Apr 2014.  
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140606142804/http://digitalpublishingtoolkit.org/22-23-may-2014/program/#s5 Underground E-publishing] session within ''Off the Press: Electronic Publishing in the Arts'' conference, [[WORM]], Rotterdam, 23 May 2014. Video: [http://vimeo.com/97508732] [http://vimeo.com/97508731] [http://vimeo.com/97508729] [http://vimeo.com/97508728].
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140606142804/http://digitalpublishingtoolkit.org/22-23-may-2014/program/#s5 Underground E-publishing] session within ''Off the Press: Electronic Publishing in the Arts'' conference, [[WORM]], Rotterdam, 23 May 2014. Video: [http://vimeo.com/97508732] [http://vimeo.com/97508731] [http://vimeo.com/97508729] [http://vimeo.com/97508728].
* [http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/program/2014/events/public-library/ Public Library: Rethinking the Infrastructures of Knowledge Production] conference and exhibition, Württembergsicher Kunstverein (WKV) & Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, 30 Oct-23 Nov 2014. [[Media:Public Library WKV Stuttgart 2014.pdf{{!}}Program]]. [http://www.pykatestseiten.de/ Video].
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* [http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/program/2014/events/public-library/ Public Library: Rethinking the Infrastructures of Knowledge Production] conference and exhibition, Württembergsicher Kunstverein (WKV) & Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, 30 Oct-23 Nov 2014. [[Media:Public Library WKV Stuttgart 2014.pdf{{!}}Program]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_nWBldOl0&list=PLySosWMxhP06i8tVT8pntPo2ejMdKXate Video].
 
* [http://mi2.hr/en/2015/05/javna-knjiznica/ Javna knjižnica / Public Library] conference and exhibition, Nova Gallery, Zagreb, May-Jun 2015. [http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2015/05/28/exhibition-conference-workshop-zagreb/] [http://www.whw.hr/galerija-nova/izlozba-javna-knjiznica.html] [http://www.whw.hr/galerija-nova/javna-knjiznica.html]
 
* [http://mi2.hr/en/2015/05/javna-knjiznica/ Javna knjižnica / Public Library] conference and exhibition, Nova Gallery, Zagreb, May-Jun 2015. [http://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2015/05/28/exhibition-conference-workshop-zagreb/] [http://www.whw.hr/galerija-nova/izlozba-javna-knjiznica.html] [http://www.whw.hr/galerija-nova/javna-knjiznica.html]
 
* [[Ideographies of Knowledge]] symposium, Mundaneum, Mons, 3 Oct 2015. [[Ideographies of Knowledge{{!}}Video]].
 
* [[Ideographies of Knowledge]] symposium, Mundaneum, Mons, 3 Oct 2015. [[Ideographies of Knowledge{{!}}Video]].
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* [http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/events/dissent.html Knowledge Architectures] talks and workshops, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2-6 Jul 2016.
 
* [http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/events/dissent.html Knowledge Architectures] talks and workshops, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2-6 Jul 2016.
 
* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Interfacing_the_law_(2017) Interfacing the Law], Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Spring 2017. Seminar in experimental publishing, convened by Femke Snelting.
 
* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Interfacing_the_law_(2017) Interfacing the Law], Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Spring 2017. Seminar in experimental publishing, convened by Femke Snelting.
* [http://kuda.org/sr/pravo-na-stanovanje-pravo-na-obrazovanje-javne-borbe-i-javna-knji-nica-04-12052017-omladinski-centar Pravo na stanovanje, pravo na obrazovanje – javne borbe i javna knjižnica], Omladinski centar CK13 & Galerija SULUV, Novi Sad, 4-12 May 2017. [http://kuda.org/sites/default/files/docs/%2B%20Public%20Library%20-%20SULUV%20-katalog.pdf Catalogue].
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* [http://kuda.org/sr/pravo-na-stanovanje-pravo-na-obrazovanje-javne-borbe-i-javna-knji-nica-04-12052017-omladinski-centar Pravo na stanovanje, pravo na obrazovanje – javne borbe i javna knjižnica / Public Library/Javna knjižnica: digitalni arhivi, arhitektura i aktivizam], exhibition, workshop and discussion, Omladinski centar CK13 & Galerija SULUV, Novi Sad, 4-12 May 2017. [[Media:Public_Library_SULUV 2017.pdf{{!}}Catalogue PDF]].
 
* [https://www.conftool.pro/gfm2017/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=136&presentations=show "Caring for the Open: Custodianship, Accessibility"] panel discussion at ''GfM-Jahrestagung 2017: Zugänge'', FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 5 Oct 2017.
 
* [https://www.conftool.pro/gfm2017/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=136&presentations=show "Caring for the Open: Custodianship, Accessibility"] panel discussion at ''GfM-Jahrestagung 2017: Zugänge'', FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 5 Oct 2017.
 
* [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/?cat=5 Creating Commons] workshop, HEK, Basel, 19-22 Oct 2017.
 
* [http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/?cat=5 Creating Commons] workshop, HEK, Basel, 19-22 Oct 2017.
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* Cornelia Sollfrank, [http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH/ ''Giving What You Don't Have''], video interviews with Femke Snelting, Marcell Mars, Kenneth Goldsmith, Eva Weinmayr & Andrea Francke, Sean Dockray, Dmytri Kleiner, 2013. Includes transcripts. {{en}}
 
* Cornelia Sollfrank, [http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH/ ''Giving What You Don't Have''], video interviews with Femke Snelting, Marcell Mars, Kenneth Goldsmith, Eva Weinmayr & Andrea Francke, Sean Dockray, Dmytri Kleiner, 2013. Includes transcripts. {{en}}
 
* [http://vimeo.com/97508732 Underground E-publishing], [http://vimeo.com/97508731 (2)], [http://vimeo.com/97508729 (3)], [http://vimeo.com/97508728 (4)], Rotterdam, 23 May 2014. Video recordings of [http://networkcultures.org/digitalpublishing/events/22-23-may-2014/program/ talks] held at [[WORM]].
 
* [http://vimeo.com/97508732 Underground E-publishing], [http://vimeo.com/97508731 (2)], [http://vimeo.com/97508729 (3)], [http://vimeo.com/97508728 (4)], Rotterdam, 23 May 2014. Video recordings of [http://networkcultures.org/digitalpublishing/events/22-23-may-2014/program/ talks] held at [[WORM]].
* [http://www.pykatestseiten.de/ Public Library: Rethinking the Infrastructures of Knowledge Production], Stuttgart, 30 Oct-23 Nov 2014. Video recordings of [http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/program/2014/events/public-library/ talks] held at Württembergsicher Kunstverein (WKV) & Akademie Schloss Solitude.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_nWBldOl0&list=PLySosWMxhP06i8tVT8pntPo2ejMdKXate Public Library: Rethinking the Infrastructures of Knowledge Production], Stuttgart, 30 Oct-23 Nov 2014. Video recordings from the [http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/program/2014/events/public-library/ conference] held at Württembergsicher Kunstverein (WKV) & Akademie Schloss Solitude.
 
* [[Ideographies of Knowledge]], Mons, 3 Oct 2015. Video recordings of talks held at Mundaneum.
 
* [[Ideographies of Knowledge]], Mons, 3 Oct 2015. Video recordings of talks held at Mundaneum.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c07WIOwzHQM&list=PLX-N8krB2JMcVktrreeqLJAKTYqNoiSnO Pirate Care], Coventry, 19-20 Jun 2019. Video recordings of [https://pirate.care/blog/2019/05/19/pirate-care-2-cpc-conference/ talks] held at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c07WIOwzHQM&list=PLX-N8krB2JMcVktrreeqLJAKTYqNoiSnO Pirate Care], Coventry, 19-20 Jun 2019. Video recordings of [https://pirate.care/blog/2019/05/19/pirate-care-2-cpc-conference/ talks] held at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University.

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Arts, humanities and social sciences

Libraries

  • Monoskop is an independent online educational resource and research platform for arts, culture and humanities. Monoskop was initiated in 2004 in the context of experimental digital culture in Bratislava and the wider region. Founding editor: Dušan Barok. The Monoskop Log library has branched out in 2009. Monoskop. Monoskop Log.
  • Eclipse A free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of radical small-press writing from recent decades. Eclipse also publishes new works of book-length conceptual unity. Established 2003 by Craig Dworkin.
  • Fragen is a digital library of key texts of second wave of feminism in Europe. It was created between 2006-2011 and is maintained by Atria, Amsterdam. The content is available under the Creative Commons license.
  • Critical Commons An online repository supporting the fair use of copyrighted media by educators. A project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Established 2008 by Steve F. Anderson.
  • Uberty is a resource of documents and media related to New Rationalism, Accelerationism, and other recent theory and philosophy. Established 2015. Twitter. Facebook.
  • Sci-Hub provides mass and public access to 60 million research papers. Established 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan. Twitter.
  • The Anarchist Library, an archive focusing on anarchism. The site also provides an online service, Bookbuilder, to create collections of texts, with editing features, changing layout and rendering to PDFs or EPUBs. Established c.2008.
  • Les Classiques des sciences sociales hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences, counting some 6,000 publications from 2,000 authors. Established 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).
See also

Conferences, workshops, exhibitions, seminars

Interventions, research, projects

Scanning

Literature, resources

Collections

Video
Print
  • Javna knjižnica / Public Library, eds. Tomislav Medak, Marcell Mars, and WHW, Zagreb: WHW & Multimedia Institute, 2015, 144 pp. Texts by McKenzie Wark, Tomislav Medak, Marcell Mars, Manar Zarroug, and Paul Otlet. (English)/(Croatian)
  • Davide Giorgetta and Valerio Nicoletti's interviews with Dušan Barok, Geert Lovink, Janneke Adema, Henry Warwick, 2015. (English)
  • Guerrilla Open Access, ed. Memory of the World, Coventry: Post Office Press, Rope Press, and Memory of the World, 2018, 34 pp. Texts by Memory of the World, Christopher Kelty, Balázs Bodó, and Laurie Allen. (English)
  • The Library Is Open, Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute (XPUB Special Issue 09), Jul 2019, 92 pp. Website. (English)
  • Aesthetics of the Commons, eds. Cornelia Sollfrank, Felix Stalder and Shusha Niederberger, Zurich: diaphanes, Jan 2021, 275 pp. (English)
Online
  • Interfacing the Law, Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute (XPUB Special Issue 3), Jun 2017. (English)
  • Interfacing the Law, Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute (XPUB Special Issue 06), Jun 2018. (English)
  • The Library Is Open, Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute (XPUB Special Issue 09), Jun 2019. Publication PDF. (English)
  • Inverse Reader, ed. Dušan Barok, Monoskop, Sep 2019ff. A collection of 64 texts, talks and conversations about shadow, independent and artists’ digital libraries. [15] (English)

Essays, talks, statements, interviews

Journal issues and special sections

Discussions

Academic research and writing

  • Roger Chartier, "Bibliothèques sans murs", ch. 3 in Chartier, L'ordre des livres, Aix-en-Provence: Alinea, 1992. (French)
    • "Libraries Without Walls", trans. Lydia Cochrane, Representations 42: "Future Libraries" (Spring 1993), pp 38-52; rev. as ch. 3 in Chartier, The Order of Books, Stanford University Press, 1994, pp 61-88, n108-112, PDF.

Further reading

Texts listed on the wiki pages of respective initiatives: UbuWeb, Aaaaarg, Monoskop, Library Genesis.

General interest

Libraries

Autonomous/independent libraries

See also

Public domain, Creative Commons and Open Access texts

  • Project Gutenberg, est. 1971 by Michael Hart, has over 46k books in plain text, subsequently also converted to other formats. Hosted by ibiblio at U North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (multiple languages)
  • Perseus Digital Library, est. c1987 by Gregory R. Crane, covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. The collection contains editions and modern English translations of hundreds of ancient Greek, Roman, Arabic, Germanic and other texts. Maintained by the Department of the Classics, Tufts U.
  • arXiv, est. 1991 by Paul Ginsparg. Has over 1M e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics in PDF and other formats (TeX, DVI, PostScript or HTML). Maintained by Cornell U. (English)
  • Project Runeberg, est. 1992 by Lars Aronsson. Contains works significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries; as images and HTML text. Hosted by Lysator, an academic computer group at Linköping University. (multiple languages)
  • Liber Liber, est. 1994 by Marco Calvo, Gino Roncaglia, Paolo Barberi, Fabio Ciotti and Marco Zela. (Italian)
  • Internet Archive, est. 1996 by Brewster Kahle. The section 'eBooks and Texts' contains almost 8M scanned texts as high-resolution images, subsequently also converted to other formats. (multiple languages)
  • Aozora Bunko, est. 1997, the Japanese Project Gutenberg. (Japanese)
  • Wikisource, a Wikimedia project started 2003. Contains around 500k texts in wiki form. (multiple languages)
  • HathiTrust, est. 2008. A partnership of 100+ research institutions and libraries. Also includes content digitised by Internet Archive digitisation initiatives and Google Books. Access to copyrighted works requires an institutional subscription. (multiple languages)

National libraries

Commercial libraries hosting academic journals

See also

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Software
communities of practice

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