<p>The "bootleg library" is a particular, situated social infrastructure. It operates from the understanding that the library is a collection; a collection of the texts contained within it, and the readers collected around them. A reciprocal, self-reflexive relationship between the texts and the readers produces sociability. A bootleg is an unauthorised copy of a source publication; bootlegging is a strategy by which texts acquire diversity, resisting singularity and representing readers.</p>
<p>Simon Browne (AU) is an artist, researcher, organiser and contingent librarian. His practice focuses on social infrastructures, the tools that support them, and the contingencies they offer.</p>
<p>This research has been supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust.</p>