Readme.cc

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Readme.cc is an Internet platform funded by the EU that enables readers to exchange information about books. The intercultural portal has already been translated into ten languages, and readme.cc was launched in spring 2008 after the necessary planning period.

history

The idea for developing the Readme.cc virtual library came about after a project that took place in 2002 at the Collegium Helveticum at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in collaboration with his literary guest Walter Grond . Initially, Walter Grond, together with the literary critic and networker Beat Mazenauer, only intended to found a German-language weblog that would enable authors and critics to publish personal book criteria. In August 2006 the EU Commission decided to support the further development of readme.cc in the Culture 2000 program for three years . The aim now was to develop a forum for readers from all over Europe. Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Hungary and Slovenia are currently involved in the Internet portal. Thanks to partners in Egypt, readme.cc also extends beyond the borders of Europe. Through the collaboration with the two multimedia experts Andreas Kohli and Martin Roth, an internet platform was created on which every reader can put together their own library. In September 2009 Readme.cc organized the "European Literature Days" for the first time, at which representatives from various areas of the literary business and international authors came together in Schloss Hainfeld (Austria). As part of the "European Literature Days 09", the newly created literature prize of the European Union was also presented.

bookshelf

At readme.cc readers present books from all genres and fields of knowledge. They portray themselves in photos with the books discussed and create individual bookshelves. Other readers can comment on the reviews, transfer them to their bookshelf and get in touch with other users (friend lists, information about readers). The reviews vary in length and are supplemented by a few brief highlights: keywords, genre, recommendation. Outside curious people can look for reading tips, browse bookshelves, be inspired and be guided to ways to get the right books in bookstores and libraries in their area.

Reading circle

Existing and newly founded, virtual (e.g. Second Life ) and real (e.g. initiated by libraries), private and public reading groups put together bookshelves on their subject areas and publish their activities and events. The shelves of the reading circles can be connected to the private bookshelves of the individual participants.

Awards

  • Prix ​​Ars Electronica 2008 Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category
  • Best Practice: Awarded an exemplary project by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture in 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Readme.cc in the archive of the Prix Ars Electronica. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (ed), EU Program Culture Best Practice 2000–2006, Vienna 2007

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