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Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
The library has opened in a new metro station in Warsaw. Photograph: Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Targówek m.st. Warszawy
Inside of the Metroteka public library inside Kondratowicza metro station in Warsaw, Poland. Photograph: Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Targówek m.st. Warszawy
The hydroponic garden wall. Photograph: Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Targówek m.st. Warszawy
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world warJakub Krupa (The Guardian)
Que autores Portugueses entraram em #DomínioPúblico em 2025?
À semelhança dos anos anteriores a Wikimedia Portugal, com o apoio da ANSOL, publicou a lista de autores cujas obras entraram em domínio público a 1 de janeiro de 2025 e que pode ser vista aqui. A Biblioteca Nacional também publicou uma lista com os autores que tem nos seus registos.
Nesta página podem ver as atividades relacionadas com o Domínio Público que a Wikimedia Portugal está a organizar e como participar. No dia 23 de janeiro, vai também haver um evento na Biblioteca Nacional para celebrar o Dia do Domínio Público. Programa e mais info aqui.
#Bibliotecas #CulturalHeritage #domínioPúblico #libraries #patrimónioCultural #publicDomain #Wikimedia #wikipedia
Newsletter: The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.
https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/
#InternetArchive #HachettevInternetArchive #libraries #newsletter #CitationNeeded
Does your public library use Overdrive/Libby for ebooks or audiobooks? ⚠️
In the US and Canada, the answer is probably yes. And you should speak to your library staff and commission about it.
Libby is now owned by a private equity firm & making sketchy changes: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/
The latest development is that their overbroad privacy policy allows them to sell your borrowing history to advertisers: https://infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243098104196246
