see also administrating, making public, keeping private

The library operates outside of legal boundaries that see knowledge as private property. As such, it requires protection from those that wish it to cease and desist. Invitations to join the library are made through personal correspondence and printed matter, in the form of A3-sized posters and A6-sized cards (such as the ones used for the original publication of this thesis). Handing a printed card with login details to an interested reader is an act of trust. The card, a pocket-sized object made with care and attention which is passed from hand to hand, engenders a certain kind of intimacy, as opposed to the brute act of spamming a mailing list.

Image: A6-sized card, obverse and reverse, announcing the first bootleg library sessions, Piet Zwart Institute, December 2019