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'''A practical HOWTO page for the digital bootleg library on the wiki:''' [[The_bootleg_library]]
'''A practical HOWTO page for the digital bootleg library on the wiki:''' [[The_bootleg_library]]
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XPUB2: ONLINE: bootleg library session with Simon Browne 14:00 - 16:00 day1

bootleg library session: a day in the library

A “bootlegger” concealing a flask of an illegally distributed alcoholic beverage in the leg of a boot during the Prohibition era

The bootleg library is a digital/physical/social collection of unauthorised republished texts. It was initiated by Simon Browne as his graduation project at XPUB in 2020. The digital bootleg library is available to XPUB staff and students as a stable study resource for XPUB. To familiarise staff and students with the digital bootleg library, a session has been organised, in which we will:

  • have a quick tour of the digital bootleg library
  • upload and download texts and edit metadata
  • create registered user accounts
  • make and edit a "shelf"
  • practice strategies of annotating the collection

Preparation (please do this prior to the session):

  1. Install pandoc, an open-source universal document converter: https://pandoc.org/installing.html
  2. We'll also be using markdown, a lightweight markup language. Documentation is available here: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
  3. Choose a PDF to upload, a text that you are familiar with and that you feel represents your interests. It doesn't have to be an academic text, anything is accepted (e.g cookbook, comic, novel, zine, ferry schedule, etc)

More about the bootleg library graduation project: User:Simon/Summary_of_the_bootleg_library

A practical HOWTO page for the digital bootleg library on the wiki: The_bootleg_library

Please sign up to this session by entering in your names below: