Libraries & Public Knowledge
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Shared things, kept shared.
About this space
Shared things, kept shared. Public libraries, tool libraries, repair cafés, open data and the civic infrastructure that quietly holds places together. Practical questions about starting and sustaining one get answered by people who have done it and seen where it goes wrong.
Topics
- Libraries
- Tool shares
- Repair
- Open data
Recent discussions
- How do you teach a library class on fee disclosures without it turning into a lecture?Question · Libraries · Oct 26, 2026 · 8 replies
- How should a library publish what people ask without exposing who asked?Question · Open data · Oct 25, 2026 · 7 replies
- Digitising forty years of Baguio chess bulletins: the scanning is easy, the describing is the workOpen data · Oct 25, 2026 · 7 replies
- Three checks people actually remember from our 'is this real?' workshopLibraries · Oct 24, 2026 · 8 replies
- Starting a tool library — what goes wrong first?Question · Repair · Sep 27, 2026 · 5 replies
- Libraries: where would you tell a beginner to start?Question · Libraries · Sep 24, 2026 · 2 replies
- Public libraries are the most underrated civic infrastructure there isLibraries · Sep 24, 2026 · 5 replies
- Tool shares: a small thing I am quietly pleased withTool shares · Sep 24, 2026 · 3 replies
- Tool shares: the best money I could spend right now?Question · Tool shares · Sep 19, 2026 · 7 replies
- Repair: what has actually changed in the last year?Repair · Sep 18, 2026 · 6 replies
- Mapped every repair café in the region, open dataOpen data · Sep 13, 2026 · 9 replies
- Libraries: an unpopular opinion, argued properlyLibraries · Sep 10, 2026 · 8 replies
- Open data: six months in, including what did not workOpen data · Aug 29, 2026 · 5 replies
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