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The Invisible Library Tony Hirst Dept of Communication and Systems, The Open University, UK Arcadia Fellow, University of Cambridge
 
“ The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books.”
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3  aspects...
http://flickr.com/photos/rudolf_schuba/473295245/ http://flickr.com/photos/ audreyrobowen/250546442
 
Out of This World Project 2004, Street Theatre http://flickr.com/photos/plasticmonkey/36162844/
 
“ Its origins can be traced back to vinyl records when DJs would remove the label from a popular record so other DJs would not be able to know who made the track.” Wikipedia...
Telstar @ostephens
Federated “one-stop” search
 
invisible tools
doi/ISBN +link resolver +libezproxy = click thru
OU Library Traveller
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2908805239_b8b91f97be_o.pngz
 
In networks,  information flows
Knowledge networks...
the inventoryless library =
http://bookshelf.open.ac.uk + ( http://bookcrossing.com OR http://freecycle.org ) + http://amazon.co.uk
 
Have you got any CSEs?
- Library Catalogue - Research paper Repository - Journal collection - Database Collection - Reading Lists
 
Reading List + Past Exam Papers Student context
(Publication) + Reputation + Funding Scientist context
The  WRONG  sort of invisibleness...
…  are locally sourced, locally produced, collections... ...but the rights to items within them are given away to commercial third parties Repositories
Yahoo SearchMonkey
And don't forget the SEO...
Coffee time?
http://ouseful.info

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  1. INVISIBLE THEATRE – To be a citizen does not mean merely to live in society, but to transform it. If I transform the clay into a statue, I become a Sculptor; if I transform the stones into a house, I become an architect; if I transform our society into something better for us all, I become a citizen. INVISIBLE THEATRE is a direct intervention in society, on a precise theme of general interest, to provoke debate and to clarify the problem that must be solved. It shall never be violent since its aim is to reveal the violence that exists in society, and not to reproduce it. INVISIBLE THEATRE is a play (not a mere improvisation) that is played in a public space without informing anyone that it is a piece of theatre, previously rehearsed. INVISIBLE THEATRE is the penetration of fiction into reality and of reality into fiction, which helps us to see how much fiction exists in reality, and how much reality exists in fiction. Augusto Boal, Rio de Janeiro 2004