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Making Libraries More Shareable

By Cat Johnson

04.25.12, 7:45am Comments (1)

Libraries are set up to be top-down lending institutions, but could they become peer-to-peer hubs for the sharing economy? One librarian says yes, and tells how. Read more »

So You Want to Build a Little Free Library?

By Cat Johnson

01.24.12, 11:18am Comments (0)

Tips, plans and inspiration to help you make and run a Little Free Library in your town. Read more »

A Low-Cost, Low-Power DIY Cellular Data Network

By Paul M. Davis

08.25.11, 1:47pm Comments (5)

The Village Base Station is a low-power, easy to deploy tool to create a GSM cellular data network in areas with limited power and network resources. Read more »

Is Social Media Catalyzing an Offline Sharing Economy?

By Neal Gorenflo

10.05.10, 5:27am Comments (18)

Shareable Magazine and Latitude Research's The New Sharing Economy study released today indicates that online sharing does indeed seem to encourage people to share offline resources such as cars and bikes, largely because they are learning to tru. Read more »

I Made An iPad eBook in One Weekend (And You Can Too!)

By Paul M. Davis

04.05.10, 6:09pm Comments (12)

I'm far from an early adopter of new gadgets. It took me three years to buy an iPhone, though I'd coveted it since its release date. My printer and scanner were bought at a thrift store three years ago for $10. Read more »

Mapping a World of Human Activity

By Paul M. Davis

11.09.11, 11:56am Comments (4)

A Cartography of the Anthropocene maps the various ways that global humanity connects and is interdependent. Read more »

The 15 Best Shareable Books of 2009

By Jeremy Adam Smith

12.21.09, 2:08pm Comments (3)

The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, by Frans de Waal (Harmony Books): We often fancy that chimps and other nonhuman primates live in a state of constant competition and violence—an image, we fear, that also applies to. Read more »

The A-B-C of Winter Biking

By Jay Walljasper

01.06.11, 4:38pm Comments (3)

I’m just back from an invigorating bike ride. Nothing unusual about that.
I bike almost every afternoon—not only for exercise but for the mental lift that comes from feeling the wind in my face and blood pumping through my body. Read more »

The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening

By Cory Doctorow

05.25.10, 10:32am Comments (22)

There is a phone, there is a phone, there is a phone like no phone that was ever hatched by the feverish imaginations of the world's phone manufacturers, a phone so small and so featureful and so perfect for my needs that it couldn't possibly. Read more »

Everyone’s a Maker at this Library Maker Space

By Cat Johnson

07.25.12, 6:35am Comments (2)

Maker spaces encourage innovation, support entrepreneurs and create community. Are they the next big thing for libraries? One Connecticut branch says, yes! Read more »