Hernando Guanlao’s private public library
September 25, 2012 at 12:35 pm 2 comments
Hernando Guanlao has been running his own version of a public library for twelve years in Manila. The library has grown from about a hundred books to a few thousand. From the article: “The idea is simple. Readers can take as many books as they want, for as long as they want – even permanently. As Guanlao says: ‘The only rule is that there are no rules.'”
Thanks, Dina Wood!
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Library Shenanigans 
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Carole | September 25, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Thats amazing!
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autowriter | September 25, 2012 at 4:26 pm
The idea of giving books away permanently seems kind of dumb. How can you make books available to others if you give them away. A library is supposed to be for the benefit of all, not for those keep (steal) books for themselves!
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