On naming and organization:
All files shall be named by their author first and then their title with a single semicolon seperating them. All file names shall be able to be read by Windows and other computer operating systems which means the exclusion of of the following characters: "\ / * . " [ ] : ; | ,". When these characters are given in the text as apart of the title they should simply be omitted and not substituted or demarcated in any particular way. Subtitles shall not be listed in file names. The works title section of the file name shall be complete although as brief as possible while being complete. As for author's, when an author cannot be found a substitute shall be used in the following hierarchical order: translator, editor, publisher, organization. In rare cases no author shall be listed if they cannot be found. If the work is a translated anthology or appears to be an interpretation of another’s work the translator/ editor shall be named as the author. Furthermore if there are multiple translations of one work and each can reasonably constitute its own unique version of that work with differences of meaning expressed in that work the translator may be used as the author, or in rare cases the translator and the author listed together as the author. All works shall be tagged with as many traits as are attributable to that work, from vague tags such as "Eastern" or "Post Modern" to as specific of tags as a user can reasonably be assumed to search for. As a way of keeping file names clean all editors, co-translators, and other names associated with a work can exist as tags.
On accepted texts:
Ultimately the sole criteria of texts accepted into the library is the perogative of the Board of Director's of The Acadamy and the libraries curator, however in general any work that can be shown to be philosophical in nature has its place here. Works of fiction are especially scrutinized however never rejected on that ground alone. Zenes, blog posts, and pamphplets may also find their way onto our shelves if we believe them to be particularly interesting or important. User submissions are encouraged and if a user can a) follow the above naming convention in submitting their file and b) give a brief summation of the work and c) make a consice argument on their reasoning of why the text belongs in our library the staff at The Academy would be very obliged. Reviewing and organizing our books, many of which require hours of meticoulous formating and catagorization to be made accesabible is tedius and we really appreciate any efforts made to ease this burden.
On copyright:
We at The Academy believe that all knowledge shall be availabe freely to any student, that philosophy is the very means of man's evolution into being something greater than we were, and that the traditional for profit system of publishing works meant to free us from the constraints of ignorance is detrimental to this fact. If a work happens to appear in our library that violates your copyright reach out to us and we will consider taking the matter into review.
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