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[[File:New library.JPG|alt=An example of a private library where the user could lend books from to others.|thumb|350x350px|An example of a private library where the user could lend books from to others. ]]

A '''distributed library''' is a collection of materials available for borrowing by members of a group, yet not maintained or owned by a single entity. The [[library catalog]] is maintained on a database that is made accessible to users through the [[Internet]]. This style of library is still in its infancy. Administrative software continues to be developed and distributed.

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Another example is the digibruted library of Geneva.<ref>[https://digilioge.wordpress.com/ Digilioge: The Digibruted Library of Geneva]</ref> The name digibruted is coined from “Digital” and “Distributed”. This library is a digital construction that indexes books for local distribution. The difference from Unlibrary is that the books are freely given to readers, who act also as librarians, in a kind of peer-to-peer schema.

==Early Concepts==

A precursor is the [[Tabard Inn Library]] established in 1902 where travelers could check out books at one station and return them at another, with each station operated by a different individual.<ref>{{Cite journal

|title=Tabard Inn Library Promotion for Patrons

|journal=The Minneapolis Journal

|author=William Donaldson & Company

|date=September 9, 1904

|page=5

|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabard_Inn_Library_ad.png

|access-date=2025-02-18

}}</ref> To patrons, the library appeared as a distributed library. The Book Lovers Library based in Philadelphia, PA rented the books to each exchange station.<ref>{{Cite journal

|title=Tabard Inn Library Promotion for Vendors

|journal=The American Magazine

|volume=42

|issue=6

|date=October 1906

|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabard_Inn_Library_ad_1906.png

|access-date=2025-02-18

}}</ref>

==See also==