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<h1 id="tasks-of-the-contingent-librarian">TASKS OF THE CONTINGENT LIBRARIAN</h1>
= TASKS OF THE CONTINGENT LIBRARIAN =
<h2 id="acquiring-texts">1. ACQUIRING TEXTS</h2>
 
<ul>
== 1. ACQUIRING TEXTS ==
<li>why do we need texts? what is their function?</li>
 
<li>technology of language and its evolution through orality &gt; literacy</li>
* why do we need texts? what is their function?
<li>preservation of memory - language inscribed in code</li>
* technology of language and its evolution through orality &gt; literacy
<li>social - the recollection of this memory forms narratives that constitutes subjectivity</li>
* preservation of memory - language inscribed in code
<li>ways of reading: browsing vs searching, skimming vs scanning</li>
* social - the recollection of this memory forms narratives that constitutes subjectivity
<li>access to texts (or lack thereof) - where do they come from?</li>
* ways of reading: browsing vs searching, skimming vs scanning
<li>copyright law and authorship - Eva Weinmayr’s <a href="https://books.openedition.org/obp/8338" title="Confronting Authorship, Constructing Practices (How Copyright is Destroying Collective Practice)">essay</a></li>
* access to texts (or lack thereof) - where do they come from?
<li>technical methods of digitising printed texts</li>
* copyright law and authorship - Eva Weinmayr’s [https://books.openedition.org/obp/8338 essay]
<li>scanning, processing text</li>
* technical methods of digitising printed texts
<li>personal experience of using libraries?</li>
* scanning, processing text
</ul>
* personal experience of using libraries?
<h2 id="classifying-and-cataloguing-them">2. CLASSIFYING AND CATALOGUING THEM</h2>
 
<ul>
== 2. CLASSIFYING AND CATALOGUING THEM ==
<li>aspects of classification</li>
 
<li>social, linguistic, semiotic, political</li>
* aspects of classification
<li>collections of texts</li>
* social, linguistic, semiotic, political
<li>professional, amateur, critical librarianship practices and how they relate to these aspects</li>
* collections of texts
<li>what connects the books and the readers</li>
  * professional, amateur, critical librarianship practices and how they relate to these aspects
<li>how does locality relate to the collection?</li>
* what connects the books and the readers
<li>proximity</li>
* how does locality relate to the collection?
<li>in the infrastructure of the library (the catalogue, the shelves, the folders, the interface)</li>
* proximity
</ul>
* in the infrastructure of the library (the catalogue, the shelves, the folders, the interface)
<h2 id="making-texts-accessible">3. MAKING TEXTS ACCESSIBLE</h2>
 
<ul>
== 3. MAKING TEXTS ACCESSIBLE ==
<li>conversion between formats for diverse reading needs</li>
 
<li>knowledge distribution methods and networks (distinction between digital and analog methods is blurry as they are often combined)</li>
* conversion between formats for diverse reading needs
<li>social</li>
* knowledge distribution methods and networks (distinction between digital and analog methods is blurry as they are often combined)
<li>distribution of objects arranged through a <a href="https://displaydistribute.com/" title="Display Distribute">social network:</a></li>
* social
<li>governmental</li>
  * distribution of objects arranged through a [https://displaydistribute.com/ social network:]
<li>copyright law and its restrictions on distribution of knowledge</li>
* governmental
<li>municipal jurisdiction</li>
  * copyright law and its restrictions on distribution of knowledge
<li>public libraries, social initatives (e.g. Leeszaal)</li>
* municipal
<li>pirate libraries</li>
  * public libraries, social initatives (e.g. Leeszaal)
<li>bootlegging, samizdat, warez, zine culture, unofficial/uncatalogued publications</li>
* pirate
<li>locality</li>
  * bootlegging, samizdat, warez, zine culture, unofficial/uncatalogued publications
<li>making it public vs making it private - the survival of the library</li>
* locality
<li>pirate vs commercial models - what’s at stake?</li>
* making it public vs making it private - the survival of the library
</ul>
* pirate vs commercial models - what’s at stake?
<h2 id="creating-a-symbolic-link-between-texts-and-readers">4. CREATING A SYMBOLIC LINK BETWEEN TEXTS AND READERS</h2>
 
<ul>
== 4. CREATING A SYMBOLIC LINK BETWEEN TEXTS AND READERS ==
<li>Why?</li>
 
<li>the sociability of libraries</li>
* Why?
<li>bootlegging and unofficial publishing practices</li>
* the sociability of libraries
<li>the symbolic (Lacan’s example of a door and its uses outside of binary open/closed)</li>
* bootlegging and unofficial publishing practices
</ul>
* the symbolic (Lacan’s example of a door and its uses outside of binary open/closed)

Revision as of 19:41, 26 October 2019

TASKS OF THE CONTINGENT LIBRARIAN

1. ACQUIRING TEXTS

  • why do we need texts? what is their function?
* technology of language and its evolution through orality > literacy
* preservation of memory - language inscribed in code
* social - the recollection of this memory forms narratives that constitutes subjectivity
  • ways of reading: browsing vs searching, skimming vs scanning
  • access to texts (or lack thereof) - where do they come from?
  • copyright law and authorship - Eva Weinmayr’s essay
  • technical methods of digitising printed texts
* scanning, processing text
  • personal experience of using libraries?

2. CLASSIFYING AND CATALOGUING THEM

  • aspects of classification
* social, linguistic, semiotic, political
* collections of texts
 * professional, amateur, critical librarianship practices and how they relate to these aspects
  • what connects the books and the readers
  • how does locality relate to the collection?
  • proximity
* in the infrastructure of the library (the catalogue, the shelves, the folders, the interface)

3. MAKING TEXTS ACCESSIBLE

  • conversion between formats for diverse reading needs
  • knowledge distribution methods and networks (distinction between digital and analog methods is blurry as they are often combined)
* social
 * distribution of objects arranged through a social network:
* governmental
 * copyright law and its restrictions on distribution of knowledge
* municipal
 * public libraries, social initatives (e.g. Leeszaal)
* pirate
 * bootlegging, samizdat, warez, zine culture, unofficial/uncatalogued publications
  • locality
  • making it public vs making it private - the survival of the library
  • pirate vs commercial models - what’s at stake?

4. CREATING A SYMBOLIC LINK BETWEEN TEXTS AND READERS

  • Why?
  • the sociability of libraries
  • bootlegging and unofficial publishing practices
  • the symbolic (Lacan’s example of a door and its uses outside of binary open/closed)
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