User:Cristinac/Comparisons

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How do online libraries that provide free access distinguish themselves from each other?

Is the PDF that one downloads from aaaaarg different from a PDF that one downloads from Monoskop? Here I am looking at what the possible similarities and differences are between four resources: aaaaarg, Monoskop, Public Library and textz.com.

aaaaarg.fail Monoskop Public Library textz.com
it requires an account to download texts the possibility for an account exists, but it isn't required the possibility for an account exists, but it isn't required it doesn't require an account, however, the collection has a password
it has multiple contributors it has multiple, but few contributors it has multiple contributors that are also identifiable it is not possible to contribute to the collection anymore
self described as: a conversation platform, or alternatively, a school, reading group or journal self described as: a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities self described as: a collection of collections self described as: a warez database for texts
created by Sean Dockray: an artist, a founding director of the Los Angeles non-profit Telic Arts Exchange, and initiator of knowledge-sharing platforms, The Public School and Aaaarg.org created by Dušan Barok: an artist, writer and cultural activist involved in critical practise in the fields of software, art, and theory created by Marcell Mars & Tomislav Medak: Marcell-a free software advocate, cultural explorer, and social instigator; Tomislav- a philosopher, a free software and free culture advocate and the project lead of Croatian Creative Commons team created by Sebastian Lütgert: a writer, programmer, media artist and activist


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