For researchers
Most of the Living Library is open to anyone. The Archive goes further down: the sources, the methods, and the material that has to be handled with care. This is how a researcher gets in.
Access is arranged person by person.
What is open, and what is not
Open to everyone. Two travellers following their curiosity, light on purpose and honest about what we do not know.
Open to everyone. When a story trips over something that really happened, the piece behind it stands on sources, and lists them at its foot. Read the Archive.
By arrangement. Material that has to stand up to scholarly scrutiny: full citations and methods, primary-source material, and anything shared with us on terms. It is new and it holds little yet. We would rather say so than imply a vault.
In return
Anything held on a community's or an institution's terms comes with those terms attached, and we ask you to keep to them. Cite us as you would any source. If you find something wrong, tell us: we would rather correct it than defend it.
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We read every application ourselves and reply in person. If it is a fit, we will tell you what the tier holds today and agree the terms with you.
We use your details only to reply to you.
Alice or Nick will reply to you in person.
