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Jumbie Library is an analog and digital library maintained by the collective Alice Yard ( | Jumbie Library is an analog and digital library maintained by the collective Alice Yard (https://aliceyard.blogspot.com/), in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. | ||
It was initiated by one of the collective members, [[User:Toof|Kriston Chen]]. | It was initiated by one of the collective members, [[User:Toof|Kriston Chen]], as a pavement project for the local community. Makeshift shelves were installed outside the Alice Yard space and stocked with donated books. Neighbours and pedestrians are welcome to come and read and trade books (a 'book for book' system). | ||
In keeping with the values of our space — sharing, relationships, collaboration, play — the library was formed in hope to re-introduce a semblance of a reading space in Belmont, Port of Spain — an area that while historically rich, has been dis-invested over the past decades and is experiencing a widening literacy gap between the old and young generations. In addition, Alice Yard has a minimal riso setup in the space with the intention to imagine and create a version of a Belmont library in the years to come. | |||
During the workshop series Parallel Library Services, the Jumbie Library was extended to include a digital library running on [[Bibliotecha]]. The appeal of using Bibliotecha was to maintain the locality of the original project while sharing digital texts. | |||
[[Category:Libraries]] | [[Category:Libraries]] | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 28 February 2022
Jumbie Library is an analog and digital library maintained by the collective Alice Yard (https://aliceyard.blogspot.com/), in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
It was initiated by one of the collective members, Kriston Chen, as a pavement project for the local community. Makeshift shelves were installed outside the Alice Yard space and stocked with donated books. Neighbours and pedestrians are welcome to come and read and trade books (a 'book for book' system).
In keeping with the values of our space — sharing, relationships, collaboration, play — the library was formed in hope to re-introduce a semblance of a reading space in Belmont, Port of Spain — an area that while historically rich, has been dis-invested over the past decades and is experiencing a widening literacy gap between the old and young generations. In addition, Alice Yard has a minimal riso setup in the space with the intention to imagine and create a version of a Belmont library in the years to come.
During the workshop series Parallel Library Services, the Jumbie Library was extended to include a digital library running on Bibliotecha. The appeal of using Bibliotecha was to maintain the locality of the original project while sharing digital texts.