<p>see also <ahref="Acquiring_Removing.html"title="User:Simon/Acquiring Removing">acquiring/removing</a>, <ahref="Downloading.html"title="User:Simon/Downloading">downloading</a>, <ahref="Searching_Browsing.html"title="User:Simon/Searching Browsing">searching/browsing</a>
</p><p>Most often, acquisition requests are as mundane as someone asking if the library has a particular text. A quick search online produces a digital file as a result. The provenance of these texts is buried in the file paths of the uploader’s computer, and the computers before it. Texts are acquired by any means necessary, through a social network, or through a digital network of so-called “shadow libraries” and groups of sympathetic readers. It’s often surprising how fast an unknown fellow reader will respond to a request for a text via certain groups operating on social media websites. <i>Type F to follow this post</i>.
</p><p>Image: Flow chart from Facebook group <i><aclass="external text"href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/850609558335839/"rel="nofollow">Ask for PDFs from People with Institutional Access</a></i>
