Interactive geodata about public libraries in Australia
https://librarymap.hugh.run
Hugh Rundle
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Summary ======= - changes "White Fragility mode" to "Colonial Mode" - changes "General mode" to "Standard Mode" - changes "Worker Pacification Centres" to "Mechanics Institutes" Explanation =========== The point of two modes is to invite map users to think about the work libraries do as institutions, and how certain types of cultural organisation are normalised and certain types are othered. In particular, why are "Indigenous Knowledge Centres" different from "public libraries", and precisely *how*? Calling the non-standard view "White Fragility Mode" implies that the individual using it is at fault, not woke enough, fragile. This is not helpful as an invitation to be thoughtful and consider the language and perspectives that are normalised. Changing it to 'colonial' mode shifts the emphasis to that of an institutional and structural concern, rather than an individual fault. The change for Mechanics Institutes follows more reading about them. Their history is complicated, a mixture of genuine self-help and mutual aid, and attempts by capitalists to control their workers. |
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Public library data map
This project collects and maps data from public libraries across the Australia and the external Territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
You should be able to find the location of every public library in Australia territory, plus the standard loan period for each libary service, and whether they charge overdue fines (if known, in both cases).
Check out the map at librarymap.hugh.run.
Find more on this project at about.
Attributions
See sources.
Want to help?
See contributing, especially which files to update.
Licenses
/website/data: CC-BY-SA
everything else: GPL-3.0-or-later