BiblioTech Anthology Explores Libraries as Political and Digital Spaces

Published by Torque Editions in 2025, BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-digital Library is a 292-page English-language book edited by Nathan Jones and Sam Skinner (ISBN 978-0993248788). The volume examines the political role of libraries, a subject drawing increasing attention from artists, writers, academics, and activists. It brings together more than twenty authors and seeks to synthesize experimental literature and publishing with critical librarianship, addressing the technical and cultural ecosystem surrounding libraries. Two related exhibitions, held in Liverpool and Limassol, informed certain chapters, including Wafaa Bilal's analysis of the work 168:01, while most other chapters develop theoretical arguments. Among the contributions, Federico Campagna's essay, connected to his Overmorrow's Library podcast series, proposes the library as an executable encoding of cultural values capable of ushering in a new civilization after the apocalypse. Johanna Drucker writes about book storage as the dematerialized dimension of libraries and the counter-condition of being on display. Winnie Soon's chapter, Computational Publishing, assembles original publishing processes using collaborative digital infrastructures. The book occasionally embraces coinages, and its exploration of 'libraryness' is presented as operating at 360 degrees, positioning the volume as a reference work.