RULINGCLASSSTUDIES

NENADROMICakaMARCELLMARS

FREELIBRARIESFOREVERYSOUL

Intheeverythingisconnectedworld anyinformationwithoutitscontextand metadataareclosetoworthless. Inthepast,beforeinternet,knowledge wasinstitutionalizedbybeingcaptured intouniversitycurriculum,libraries andscientificjournals.Thisisthe wayhowinformationandauthorsget theirpositiononthemapofrelevance. Today,togetherwithlibrariesand scientificjournalssearchengines establishedthemselves,especially Google,asthenewinstitutionsof searching,preserving,rankingand processingdata,informationand knowledge. MelvilDewey,inventorofthemodern systemoflibraryclassification,hada dream:FreeSchools&FreeLibraries foreverysoul.Today'stechnological infrastructurescanmakethatdream trueinnotime.Still,weareveryfar awayfromit. FreeLibrariesforEverySoul[FLES] willfocusonMelvilDewey'sdreamin contextofJanvanEyckin2012.It willaddressthreeareasofthe project:

Practice.FLESworkshopswillfocuson design&typography,digitization& distributionandcollaborativeresearch &writingfordigitalbooks.Itwill introduce:

Booksprintworkshop collaborativewritingofFLES book/documentationusingBooktype[III] free,opensourceplatformtowrite andpublishprintanddigitalbooks Digitization&distribution workshopdigitizationofJVEprint catalogandproductionofrelated JVECalibrelibrary Design&typographyfordigital booksusingBooktype,Sigil[IV]and AdobeIndesign Collaborativeresearchusing Zotero[V]
Collaborator:igaTesten Guests:AdamHyde,Alessandro

Ludovico Timeframe:September
Output:

print&digitalpublication coveringtheprocessofwholeFLES projectproduction knowhowoftransition&setupof TheLibraryLabfromonlyprintto Infrastructure.FLESwillrethinkJan fulldigitalstage

vanEycklibrarythroughidea(and implementation)ofTheLibraryLab.It willinstall:
Relevantissues.FLESwillorganizeseries oflectures,discussionsandpresentations focusingonbusinessmodelsforpublishing& distributionintheageofGoogle&Amazon, designofuserinterfacesofdigital archives,libraries&catalogs,and preservation&digitizationofprint catalogs.
Lectures/discussionsTwosidesseries: GoogleBooksvsEuropeana.eu DIYBookScanners(DanielReetz)vsGoogle Scanning(Marinari) Googlization(SivaVaidhyanathan)vsInThePlex (StevenLevy) PresentationsArchiveInterface: Ubu.com(KennethGoldsmith) PAD.MA(ShainaAnand&AshokSukumaran) InternetArchive(BrewsterKahle) AAAAARG.ORG Gigapedia/Library.nu Timeframe:OctoberDecember Output: publicevents&promotion Note:Thispartofproposaldoesnotbelongto designdepartmentbudgeting.

Calibre[I]serverfordigital booksanddocuments WebdavserverforusewithZotero Let'ssharebooksimplementation ofp2plibrarysetupwithadvanced portforwardingandjabber conference[II] EreadersforJVElibrary(Kindle, Nook,iPad) DIYdigitalbookscanner(workshop +production) Timeframe:AprilJuly
Output: digitalcatalog&archiveofJVE printpublications readingdevicesforthecatalog

networkinfrastructure(running LinuxserveronAmazon infrastructure)forcollaborative researchandsharingcatalogs

RULINGCLASSSTUDIES

NENADROMICakaMARCELLMARS

CONTEXT AfterIstartedworkingonRulingClass StudiesIrealizedhowmuchthethemes thatstoodoutduringtheresearchon GFAeBarerelatedtothemediumofthe book.Iguessthatbeinginthe environmentofJanvanEyckthatisso passionateaboutbooksasprinted matterdrawmyattentiontothis.That iswhyduringthefollowingperiodof myresearchandhopefullyextensionI wouldliketofocusandraise discussionaboutthisonJVEmore.

efficiencyofthecorporateapproach.It isimportantpartofRulingClass Studiestoreconsiderwhatarethose pointsinwhichtherestoftheworld laggedbehindtheopportunityto digitizetheknowledgeandmakeit universallyaccessible.Thequestion shouldbe:Whossupposedtoorganize theworldsinformationandmakeit universallyaccessibleanduseful[VI].

Toresearchthis,Ialsoproposeto gatherthosewhoareworkingonthe issuesofdigitizationanddistribution ofbooksbothconceptuallyand practically,onbothsides.The ThefirstthingIproposetodoisthe proposedserieswillcontainlectures, projecttitledFreeLibrariesfor EverySoul(FLES)focusingonthisset discussions,workshopsanddigital publishingcasestudyatJanvanEyck. ofcommonnarrativesinwhichmany issuesofRulingClassStudiesoverlap. BUDGETDESIGNDEPARTMENT Togetherwithscientificpapers,books ereadersforJVElibrary: areconsideredasthesymbolofthe Kindle150EUR knowledgesociety,therefore,the Nook150EUR questionofproductionandreproduction ofbooksinthetimeofdigital networksdrawsattentiontomuch software/networkinfrastructure: broaderaudiencethanmostoftheother AmazonAWS(onetimefee)260EUR issuesraisedbydigitalnetworks. AmazonAWS(yearly)360EUR Theimplementationofadvanced Booksprint/design/typographyworkshop: distributednetworksbyGoogleinthis (3peopleallcosts)2100EUR fieldresultedinthecrisisinmanyof theneighboringindustries.Inthecase TOTALDESIGNDEPARTMENT:3020EUR ofthedigitizationoftheentire writtenintellectualheritage,the problemofthepoliticsofaccessto resources,butalsotothefurther developmentofdigitizationsystem, BUDGETJVEDIRECTOR grewmuchbiggerthanwhatinitially seemedasasimpleresultofthis DIYdigitalbookscanner: processrepositoryofthedigital Cameras,box,electronics1000EUR Dedicatedcomputer400EUR material.
Workshop(1personallcosts)600EUR

Googleenteredthisfieldwhilestill Lectures/Presentations/Workshops: beingaverysmallsoftwarecorporation 3highprofilepeople4500EUR anddigitizationofthebookswasmore 9people4500EUR TOTALJVE:11000EUR asideprojectwhoseconnectionto thecorebusinessofGoogle(search) wasvague.Intheshortperiodoftime, Googlegrewintothehugecorporation thatcanmakerelevantmovesinthe wholesetofindustries.Asthepower ofGooglegrew,whatwassideproject Notes: in2000.alsogrewintothequestfor [I]http://www.calibreebook.com digitizationofeverybookevermadein [II]http://git.numm.org/?p=snipdom [III]http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/booktype/ thehistorythereforebecomingoneof [IV]http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ thescarierscenariosofcorporation [V]http://www.zotero.org takingthecompletecontroloverthe [VI]http://google.com/about/corporate/company/ repositoryoftheintellectual heritage. Unfortunately,theotheractorsinthe fieldarenotcomingneartothe