glad i visited this place last feb. the collections arent that large but the architecture is sure beautiful and so cooling especially in warmer climates. i wished there could be more microlibraries like this all over indonesia :'))
Indonesia built a free public library from engineered timber raised on stilts, a direct translation of the traditional rumah panggung. Burundi built Africa’s specialist arts library from soil dug on the same site it stands on.
Two different continents. Two different materials. The same idea, that a community deserves beautiful public infrastructure built from what the land already offers.
The Microlibrary Warak Kayu in Semarang doesn’t charge entry. It has a hammock net where children read suspended above the ground floor. The architecture is the programme.
Africa is not short of land, timber, or earth. It is short of the decision to use them.
📍 Semarang, Indonesia 🇮🇩
🏛 SHAU Indonesia
📷 KIE
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Tell your friends it is okay, tiny houses and microlibraries go really well together.
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What safety? By not supporting proper shared libraries and instead copying specific old versions of microlibraries everywhere,Rust is the worst security nightmare I've come across. No more "library fixed, .so file updated,problem solved." With Rust, you have to rebuild the world
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Microlibraries--what a great idea! I think I'd be afraid of falling through the net while I'm reading, though. 🙃 #fairchildlibrary
theguardian.com/environment/…
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14 Jun 2025
Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures theguardian.com/environment/…
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10 Jun 2025
Gesturing wildly at every problem that web dev and its obsession with microlibraries has inflicted upon us
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3 Jun 2025
If you are interested in learning more about SHAU’s microlibraries and their other socio-climatic architecture projects in Indonesia, you can watch this excellent lecture by Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann at the Weitzman School of Design:
➡️youtu.be/zOXqrdW9L60
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Everything about this is brilliant 📚 ❤️
"Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures. Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle."
theguardian.com/environment/…
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2 Oct 2024
Confession:
I've been secretly developing an arsenal of personal SDKs, microlibraries & tools for Cosmos, Discord, Telegram & more b/c I secretly hate everyone & everything & most of all, myself
I have written thousands of lines of code that nobody but myself uses 🫠
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Fund #ClassroomLibraries!📖
An #NGO called Dhad is trying out micro-libraries in #Uttarakhand #governmentschools - you can fund one such cozy corner with just ₹1,200/-📚
🖇️Read on: civilsocietyonline.com/spotl…
#School #Education #Reading #Libraries #India #Books #MicroLibraries
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Presentation slides for Microlibraries above and here.
Microlibraries are in assisted living facilities and Hamilton County Sports Complex. Gives new uses for books in good condition that may have been purged.
Very successful program.
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Directors Report is next. Director of Access Services is presenting. Talking about home delivery services, staff making connections with Assisted Living Centers.
Microlibraries are a way to get access to ppl who may not be able to come to the library.
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On a positive note, HEPL staff will be presenting info about their 4️⃣ successful microlibraries that help connect the community to books (see p 121-135)
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Heading with @LbLeducation to India to set up a couple of #microlibraries. So excited. #india #childrenmatter #EducationMatters #literacymatters
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It's, and I hate to use the word, because nothing about this place is that, a privilege to have this collection. But Freedom Reads @million_book puts curated microlibraries in cellblocks and dorms of prisons, is trying to offer this to others. It's why I'm an ambassador.
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Window shoppers pull up to my bars, peep my selection, asking for books and magazines (stacks line the cell floor). I told Dwayne to send me the 12 classics he has in the curated microlibraries. I'll hold it down, challenge the fellas, until we get a microlibrary here.
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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಕ್ರೋ ಲೈಬ್ರರಿಗೆ ನಾಂದಿ ಹಾಡಿದ ಬೆಳಕು ಟ್ರಸ್ಟ್ ...
#BookBrahma #Kannada #Literature #bangalore #MicroLibrary #BelakooTrust #Read #Books #MicroLibraries
bookbrahma.com/features/beng…
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The talented @dwaynebetts has founded an initiative to curate and put microlibraries inside prisons and juvenile detention centers. Amazing work! If you are in DC/MD/VA join him and Freedom Reads @million_book Friday Mar 4 at @BuildingMuseum eventbrite.com/e/march-forth…
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More libraries? Yes, please!!
MacArthur Foundation @macfound Genius Grant winner Reginald Dwayne Betts is working with Freedom Reads @million_book and the @MellonFdn to set up microlibraries in prisons across the US, starting with Malcolm X's cell.
theguardian.com/books/2021/d…
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“Reading is where I found freedom,” says a formerly incarcerated man who’s placing microlibraries in prisons across the United States. (Christian Science Monitor) csmonitor.com/Commentary/the…
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