PLACED (Place- and Activity-Centric Dynamic Library Services) was a 3-year European research project ending in 2020 aimed at developing a new type of place- and activity-centric digital library services.
Whereas library services typically focus on providing access to a collection of media, PLACED services support activities in the library. The groundbreaking aspect is that these services capture knowledge generated through these activities, make them a part of the library’s collection, and allow future library users to explore and access them. In this way, PLACED services help break down the institutional walls of the library and make it an integrated part of urban life by creating an ever-evolving collection built on urban activities and knowledge generation.
PLACED was funded by Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme, as well as research foundations in Denmark, France, and Sweden.
One of the results of the research is the PARTICIPATE prototype described on this page.
PARTICIPATE prototype
Installing the service
PARTICIPATE requires a Webstrate Server to function. The first step is to follow the installation guide to set up a Webstrate server.
Once the server is ready, browse to
http://<server ip>/new?prototypeFile&id=placed-repos
and upload the following source code
ZIP archive:
PLACED - Participate Prototype Souce Code (ZIP)
License: Apache 2.0
How to extend the project
Some of the features of the project are specifically tailored to the target library. For example:
- Book search system for finding available books in the library and where they are physically placed
- Calendar integration system for automatically fetching new events from the library calendars into the system