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Also ''electronic libraries, online libraries''.
 
Also ''electronic libraries, online libraries''.
 
==Initiatives==
 
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==Arts, humanities and social sciences==
 
==Arts, humanities and social sciences==
 
===Libraries===
 
===Libraries===
* [http://www.marxists.org/ Marxists Internet Archive], est. 1990 by Zodiac, online since 1993; hosts the works of Marxist, communist, socialist, and anarchist writers.
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* [[Marxists Internet Archive]], est. 1990 by Zodiac, online since 1993; hosts the works of Marxist, communist, socialist, and anarchist writers.
 
* [http://classiques.uqac.ca/ Les Classiques des sciences sociales], est. 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences; 6000 publications from 2000 authors. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).
 
* [http://classiques.uqac.ca/ Les Classiques des sciences sociales], est. 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences; 6000 publications from 2000 authors. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).
 
* [http://www.ssrn.com/en/ Social Science Research Network] (SSRN), est. 1994 by Michael Jensen and Wayne Marr. The core of the collection are preprint versions of academic papers in PDF submitted by authors. Now run by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP).
 
* [http://www.ssrn.com/en/ Social Science Research Network] (SSRN), est. 1994 by Michael Jensen and Wayne Marr. The core of the collection are preprint versions of academic papers in PDF submitted by authors. Now run by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP).
 
* [http://epc.buffalo.edu Electronic Poetry Center], est. 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein at SUNY Buffalo. Hosts poetry books and periodicals; also lists contents from [http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse] & [http://jacket2.org/reissues Jacket 2 Reissues].  
 
* [http://epc.buffalo.edu Electronic Poetry Center], est. 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein at SUNY Buffalo. Hosts poetry books and periodicals; also lists contents from [http://eclipsearchive.org/ Eclipse] & [http://jacket2.org/reissues Jacket 2 Reissues].  
* [http://ubu.com UbuWeb], est. 1996 by [[Kenneth Goldsmith]] as a resource for visual, concrete and sound poetry, soon expanded to include historical materials related more broadly to the avant-garde arts.
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* [[UbuWeb]], est. 1996 by [[Kenneth Goldsmith]] as a resource for visual, concrete and sound poetry, soon expanded to include historical materials related more broadly to the avant-garde arts.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060208043547/http://www.textz.com/ Textz.com], est. 2001 by [[Sebastian Lütgert]]/ROLUX; hosted theory and fiction in plain text.
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* [[Textz.com]], est. 2001 by [[Sebastian Lütgert]]/ROLUX; hosted theory and fiction in plain text.
* [http://aaaaarg.org/ Aaaaarg], est. c2004 by [[Sean Dockray]] in the framework of the [http://thepublicschool.org/ Public School], originally focused on critical theory, later expanded to include art and humanities as such.
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* [[Aaaaarg]], est. c2004 by [[Sean Dockray]] in the framework of the [http://thepublicschool.org/ Public School], originally focused on critical theory, later expanded to include art and humanities as such.
 
* [http://monoskop.org Monoskop], est. Aug 2004 by [[Dušan Barok]] as a research initiative for documentation of media art, later expanded to art, media and the humanities. [[Monoskop Log]] has branched out in 2009.
 
* [http://monoskop.org Monoskop], est. Aug 2004 by [[Dušan Barok]] as a research initiative for documentation of media art, later expanded to art, media and the humanities. [[Monoskop Log]] has branched out in 2009.
 
* [http://theanarchistlibrary.org/ The Anarchist Library], est. c2008, an archive focusing on anarchism. The site 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.
 
* [http://theanarchistlibrary.org/ The Anarchist Library], est. c2008, an archive focusing on anarchism. The site 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.
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* [http://publ.lib.ru Publichnaya biblioteka], est. 1998 by Vadim Ershov.
 
* [http://publ.lib.ru Publichnaya biblioteka], est. 1998 by Vadim Ershov.
 
* [[Library.nu]], formerly Ebooksclub and Gigapedia, closed down in Feb 2012.
 
* [[Library.nu]], formerly Ebooksclub and Gigapedia, closed down in Feb 2012.
* [http://libgen.io Library Genesis] (LibGen), est. Mar 2008, has multiple interfaces, mirrors and versions [http://bookzz.org/] [http://bookfi.org/] [http://www.libgen.info/].
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* [[Library Genesis]] (LibGen), est. Mar 2008, has multiple interfaces, mirrors and versions [http://bookzz.org/] [http://bookfi.org/] [http://www.libgen.info/].
 
* [http://sci-hub.io Sci-Hub], est. Sep 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan.
 
* [http://sci-hub.io Sci-Hub], est. Sep 2011 by Alexandra Elbakyan.
* [http://bibliotik.org Bibliotik], a torrent site for e-books.
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* [[Bibliotik]], a torrent site for e-books.
 
* [http://openlibrary.org Open Library], an e-book lending library, operated by the Internet Archive.
 
* [http://openlibrary.org Open Library], an e-book lending library, operated by the Internet Archive.
  

Revision as of 22:02, 6 December 2015

Also electronic libraries, online libraries.

Arts, humanities and social sciences

Libraries

  • Marxists Internet Archive, est. 1990 by Zodiac, online since 1993; hosts the works of Marxist, communist, socialist, and anarchist writers.
  • Les Classiques des sciences sociales, est. 1993 by Jean-Marie Tremblay. Hosts Francophone works in social and human sciences; 6000 publications from 2000 authors. Maintained by the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC).
  • Social Science Research Network (SSRN), est. 1994 by Michael Jensen and Wayne Marr. The core of the collection are preprint versions of academic papers in PDF submitted by authors. Now run by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP).
  • Electronic Poetry Center, est. 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein at SUNY Buffalo. Hosts poetry books and periodicals; also lists contents from Eclipse & Jacket 2 Reissues.
  • UbuWeb, est. 1996 by Kenneth Goldsmith as a resource for visual, concrete and sound poetry, soon expanded to include historical materials related more broadly to the avant-garde arts.
  • Textz.com, est. 2001 by Sebastian Lütgert/ROLUX; hosted theory and fiction in plain text.
  • Aaaaarg, est. c2004 by Sean Dockray in the framework of the Public School, originally focused on critical theory, later expanded to include art and humanities as such.
  • Monoskop, est. Aug 2004 by Dušan Barok as a research initiative for documentation of media art, later expanded to art, media and the humanities. Monoskop Log has branched out in 2009.
  • The Anarchist Library, est. c2008, an archive focusing on anarchism. The site provides an online service, Bookbuilder, to create collections of texts, with editing features, changing layout and rendering to PDFs or EPUBs.
  • Memory of the World library, started 2012 by Marcell Mars and Tomislav Medak as a proof of concept of the Public Library initiative.
See also

Workshops and conferences

Interventions and research

Scanning

General interest

Libraries

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)
  • 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)

Autonomous/independent libraries

See also

National libraries

Commercial libraries hosting academic journals

See also

See also

Literature

Essays, statements, interviews

Journal issues and special sections

Discussions

Academic research and writing

Survey articles

Further reading

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

See also

Digital humanities, Art servers, Media archives, Documentation science, Commons, Copyright activism, Internet activism


Art and culture

Avant-garde and modernist magazines, Dance, Artists' publishing, Graphic design, Photography, Typewriter art, Multimedia environments, Design research, Video activism, Urban practices, Zine culture, Demoscene, VJing, Live cinema, Art and technology centres, Cyberfeminism, Art and activism, Community television, Hacktivism, Community servers, Hackerspaces, CD-ROM art, Circuit bending, Pure Data, Media archives, VVVV, Maker culture, Glitch art, Live coding, Locative media, Libre graphics, Electromagnetism, Surf clubs, DIY biology, Decolonial aesthetics, Post-digital, Neural aesthetics. Visual art, Contents, Index, About.