A Library is Wherever You Are

Emerging technologies have redefined and reimagined the Library as far more than just a physical space. Most of us are familiar and comfortable with the reality of Library resources existing in cyberspace but the writers Christine Hill and Shelley Jackson take this a step further with their Interstitial Library project. "Interstitial" means existing in the spaces in between; in other words an actual circulating collection with no fixed address.  According to Hill and Jackson's website, http://www.ineradicablestain.com,  the Library's "... vast holdings are dispersed throughout private collections, used bookstores, other libraries, thrift stores, garbage dumps, attics, garages, hollow trees, sunken ships, the bottom desk-drawers of writers, the imaginations of non-writers, the pages of other books, the possible future, and the inaccessible past. In a sense, this library has always existed. However, until now it has had no librarians, no catalog, and no name."
More than an elaborate prank or pretentious performance art piece, the Interstitial Library is a radical, contemporary version of the work done by monks of the Middle Age - an attempt to preserve the culture for future generations. This project is both boldly idealistic and grounded in hard reality. I find it outrageous, oddly moving and ultimately hopeful.
Check out the full website. You may be inspired to participate.