About us

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Didirikan di pertengahan 2008 di Surabaya, C2O library & collabtive adalah perpustakaan dan ruang kerja bersama (coworking space) yang dikelola secara swadaya. Misinya adalah menciptakan ruang, alat dan materi bagi manusia (dan bukan-manusia) untuk belajar, bekerja, berkarya, dan berinteraksi dengan beragam komunitas dan lingkungan sekitarnya, berlandaskan pikiran dan tindakan yang terbuka dan kritis.

C2O bekerja mencapai misi ini dengan bekerja bersama anggota dan berbagai pihak dalam menciptakan ekosistem dan alat bersama (shared ecosystem & tools) untuk (1) mengumpulkan, menata, dan berbagi informasi melalui koleksi buku, film, dan media lainnya; (2) mendorong tumbuhnya produksi pengetahuan dan inovasi melalui kegiatan seperti diskusi, workshop, kelas bahasa, penerbitan, dsb.; (3) mengembangkan jaringan organisasi dan individu lokal-nasional-internasional

Beberapa liputan media mengenai C2O dapat dibaca di sini.

Kegiatan

Kegiatan kami antara lain adalah penelitian dan pengembangan lintas disiplin, publikasi (buku, jurnal, video), lokakarya, diskusi buku, pemutaran film, obrolan santai & berbagi, lokakarya, jelajah kota, pameran, pameran, festival, dan berbagai kegiatan lainnya,

Tiga program utama kami adalah Ayorek! (platform pengetahuan perkotaan), Design It Yourself (konferensi-festival festival tahunan), dan Manic Street Walkers (tur jalan kaki).

Katalog koleksi perpustakaan

Ada lebih dari 7000 buku, jurnal di C2O dalam bahasa Inggris dan Indonesia, dengan fokus pada budaya, kajian Indonesia, desain, seni, sastra, sejarah. Juga lebih dari 1,000 film, yang memfokuskan pada film-film klasik Hollywood, film berbahasa non-Inggris, dan film Indonesia—dengan kata lain, film-film yang kurang mendapat tempat siar di bioskop lokal. Katalog koleksi C2O dapat dilihat online (versi beta, belum termasuk koleksi film).

Keanggotaan perpustakaan diperlukan untuk peminjaman buku. Silakan membaca keterangan sistem keanggotaan perpustakaan.

Titip jual buku dan produk lainnya

Kami juga menyediakan saluran distribusi produk lokal, khususnya untuk buku, jurnal, zine, dan berbagai produk pilihan, maupun pemesanan buku impor. Silakan membaca informasinya di sini.

Coworking & ruang galeri serbaguna

C2O menyediakan fasilitas ruang tenang untuk belajar dan bekerja (coworking space, atau warnet dengan laptop sendiri ;) ), ruang pertemuan, dan ruang galeri serbaguna yang dapat digunakan untuk pameran, festival, diskusi, pentas musik, pemutaran film, dan sebagainya.

Silakan cek informasi tarif dan fasilitas ruang coworking atau ruang acara kami.

Pendanaan dan kepemilikan

C2O dikelola oleh yayasan nirlaba, PERINTIS Pendidikan Rangkai Informasi & Teknologi Swadaya (AHU-0009151.AH.01.04.Thn 2017). Ini berarti pemasukan C2O tidak ada yang masuk ke kantong laba pribadi pemegang saham, tetapi sepenuhnya digunakan untuk operasional perpustakaan dan programnya.

Biaya operasional sehari-hari C2O dikumpulkan secara swadaya melalui biaya keanggotaan; sewa buku, peralatan, tempat; penjualan produk dan tiket acara; donasi pengunjung; dan konsinyasi titip jual.

Hibah dari organisasi donor ataupun sponsor sejauh ini bukanlah untuk pendanaan operasional, tapi untuk projek penelitian dan seni. Beberapa penghargaan, dana hibah, dan sponsor yang telah kami terima dari organisasi lokal hinggal internasional antara lain adalah Social Enterprise Challenge for Arts, Creative & Tourism Organisations (Diageo-British Council, 2015), the Creative Cities Research (British Council, 2015), Urban Aspirations (Ford Foundation, 2014), dan Urban Knowledge Dynamics (Ford Foundation, 2012-2013). Selain itu, kami acapkali bekerjasama dengan kampus (ITS, UK Widya Mandala, Unair, Univ Ciputra, UK Petra, dsb.) dalam penyelenggaraan konferensi, seminar, lokakarya, diskusi.

Pengurus

Susunan pengurus C2O dapat dibaca di sini.

Hubungi kami

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, hubungi kami atau silakan berlangganan email newsletter.

Established in mid-2008 in the centre of Surabaya, C2O library & collabtive is an independent library and coworking community space. Founded initially in response to the problem of inadequate, fragmented information & library system and infrastructure in Indonesia, C2O mission is create a shared, nurturing space, building tools and resources for humans (and non-humans) to learn, work, and interact with diverse communities and surrounding environment—in other words, with the world around us—for a more sustainable, emancipatory future.

C2O work towards its mission by collaborating with its members and various parties in creating a shared ecosystem and tools to (1) collect, organise, and share information through our collections of books, films, and other media, (2) foster innovation, knowledge production & sharing by organising discussions, workshops, classes, publications, etc.; (3) develop local-national-international solidarity networks.

Some media coverage, publications, and presentations on C2O are available here.

Activities

Within and beyond our shared library & lab-space, our activities include trans-disciplinary, trans-border research(-action) & development, publication (book, journal, video), workshops, conference, roundtable & talks, film screenings, music & art performance, exhibitions, media lab, festival, etc.

Our three main program are Ayorek! (urban knowledge platform), Design It Yourself (annual design conference-festival), and Manic Street Walkers (city walking tour).

Collection catalog

We have more than 7000 books, journals, zines, in English and Indonesian, with emphasis on cultural studies, anthropology, Indonesian studies, design, arts, literature, and history. We also have more than 1,000 films focusing on classic, foreign language, and Indonesian films. In other words, they are books and films that can hardly get a shelf or a screening within the dominant distribution systems in Indonesia. You can access the beta version of our catalog online (note that our films haven’t been catalogued yet).

Note that library membership is required to borrow from our collection.

Selling your product in C2O

We have a small store that sells various curated books, journals, zines, vinyls, LPs, DVDs, and other merchandise on consignment basis. For interested vendors, please see the information here.

Coworking & venue hire

C2O is also equipped with dedicated learning and coworking space, meeting room, and multi-function gallery. Please check the information and booking for coworking and venue hire online.

Funding and ownership

C2O is an independent organisation, run by a registered non-profit PERINTIS—an abbreviation for Self/Collectively-powered Learning and Assembling of Information and Technology, though the word “Perintis” itself also means vanguard, seeder, pioneer. PERINTIS safeguards our independence from commercial or political interference, and reinvests revenue into our public facilities and programs, as opposed to into shareholders’ pockets.

Its operating cost is funded by membership subscriptions, book and facility rental fees, venue hire, sales of merchandise and books, in-kind and direct supports from its team and supporters, event tickets.

For its various research and artistic projects, C2O has received a number of awards, grants, and sponsorship from local to international organisations, e.g. Social Enterprise Challenge for Arts, Creative & Tourism Organisations (Diageo-British Council, 2015), the Creative Cities Research (British Council, 2015), Urban Aspirations (Ford Foundation, 2014), and Urban Knowledge Dynamics (Ford Foundation, 2012-2013). We also work with universities in organising conferences, workshops, seminars, etc. However, they do not fund our daily operations.