Difference between revisions of "Introducing digital library types and setup"
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Some participants had brought some minimal equipment to try to install Bibliotecha. It is designed to be self-hosted and run on a computer within a [[LAN|local area network]] on a wifi hotspot that is created during the installation. | |||
With Luke we discussed a few different options for hosting digital library systems, from homebrewed (self-hosted) servers to VPS (Virtual Private Server). There was the opportunity to see the type of hardware required for setting up a homebrewed server - a cheap singleboard microcomputer such as Raspberry Pi can easily run a local instance of Bibliotecha. | With Luke we discussed a few different options for hosting [[Calibre]]-based digital library systems, from homebrewed (self-hosted) servers to VPS (Virtual Private Server). There was the opportunity to see the type of hardware required for setting up a homebrewed server - a cheap singleboard microcomputer such as Raspberry Pi can easily run a local instance of Bibliotecha. | ||
We went through an installation of the software on different computers in our various locations, screensharing a terminal window to show what commands to write and when. | We went through an installation of the software on different computers in our various locations, screensharing a terminal window to show what commands to write and when. | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 9 March 2022
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| Location: At Varia (Gouwstraat 3, Rotterdam) and online |
| Date: 27th October, 2021 |
| Time: 16:00-19:00 CEST |
| Pad: https://pad.simonbrowne.biz/p/pls-meeting-2 |
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Context
There are a few tried-and-tested tools for digital librarianship, many of which depend in some way on the open-source ebook management software Calibre. In this workshop, we were joined by guest Luke Murphy, one of the people working on the Bibliotecha project.
Activities
Some participants had brought some minimal equipment to try to install Bibliotecha. It is designed to be self-hosted and run on a computer within a local area network on a wifi hotspot that is created during the installation.
With Luke we discussed a few different options for hosting Calibre-based digital library systems, from homebrewed (self-hosted) servers to VPS (Virtual Private Server). There was the opportunity to see the type of hardware required for setting up a homebrewed server - a cheap singleboard microcomputer such as Raspberry Pi can easily run a local instance of Bibliotecha.
We went through an installation of the software on different computers in our various locations, screensharing a terminal window to show what commands to write and when.