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title: "Reading Library"
permalink: /library/
description: "Read verified open-access books, explore professional reading recommendations, and follow original DataForSolution weekly reading companions."
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  <section class="library-hero">
    <div class="library-shell">
      <p class="library-eyebrow">DataForSolution Reading Library</p>
      <h1>Professional reading without an unauthorized PDF archive</h1>
      <p>Use verified open-access books, legal reading sources, original reading companions, and a growing professional bookshelf. Full-text links appear only when the source is authorized to provide them.</p>
      <div class="library-actions">
        <a href="#read-free" class="library-button library-button--primary">Read free now</a>
        <a href="#weekly-reading" class="library-button">Weekly reading notes</a>
        <a href="#professional-bookshelf" class="library-button">Professional bookshelf</a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="library-section" id="read-free">
    <div class="library-shell">
      <div class="library-heading">
        <p class="library-kicker">Verified access</p>
        <h2>Read free now</h2>
        <p>These books are linked from the organization currently authorized to provide the full text. DataForSolution records the source and license instead of republishing a private copy.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="library-grid">
        {% for book in site.data.library.open_books %}
        <article class="library-card">
          <p class="library-card-label">{{ book.subject }} · {{ book.level }}</p>
          <h3>{{ book.title }}</h3>
          <p class="library-authors">{{ book.authors }} · {{ book.year }}</p>
          <p>{{ book.description }}</p>
          <p><strong>Best for:</strong> {{ book.best_for }}</p>
          <dl class="library-rights">
            <dt>Access</dt><dd>{{ book.rights_label }}</dd>
            <dt>License</dt><dd>{{ book.license }}</dd>
            <dt>Source</dt><dd>{{ book.source }}</dd>
          </dl>
          <div class="library-card-actions">
            <a href="{{ book.read_url }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read from the authorized source →</a>
            <a href="{{ book.related_url | relative_url }}">{{ book.related_label }} →</a>
          </div>
        </article>
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="library-section library-section--soft" id="weekly-reading">
    <div class="library-shell">
      <div class="library-heading">
        <p class="library-kicker">Learn from the source</p>
        <h2>Weekly Reading Notes</h2>
        <p>Each note takes one useful idea from a verified book or authorized source, cites it, explains the concept in original language, and connects it to something you can practice on DataForSolution.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="library-notes">
        {% assign notes = site.reading_notes | sort: 'date' | reverse %}
        {% for note in notes %}
        <article class="library-note-card">
          <p class="library-card-label">{{ note.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</p>
          <h3><a href="{{ note.url | relative_url }}">{{ note.title }}</a></h3>
          {% if note.summary %}<p>{{ note.summary }}</p>{% endif %}
          {% if note.source_book %}<p class="library-source-line"><strong>Source book:</strong> {{ note.source_book }}</p>{% endif %}
          <a class="library-note-link" href="{{ note.url | relative_url }}">Read the companion →</a>
        </article>
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="library-section" id="professional-bookshelf">
    <div class="library-shell library-split">
      <div>
        <p class="library-kicker">Growing collection</p>
        <h2>Professional Bookshelf</h2>
        <p>The long-term goal is to catalog books collected through years of professional practice across medical imaging, healthcare, data science, analytics, AI, and software engineering.</p>
        <p>A personal copy may be listed with bibliographic information, an original recommendation, topics, prerequisites, and legal access options. The private PDF is not exposed unless public-domain status, an open license, publisher access, or explicit permission is verified.</p>
      </div>
      <aside class="library-policy-card">
        <h3>What each future book record will tell you</h3>
        <ul>
          <li>What the book is about and who it helps</li>
          <li>Difficulty and prerequisites</li>
          <li>Why it is recommended</li>
          <li>Key topics and related DataForSolution material</li>
          <li>Publisher, library, preview, or open-access options</li>
          <li>The verified rights classification</li>
        </ul>
      </aside>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="library-section library-section--soft">
    <div class="library-shell">
      <div class="library-heading">
        <p class="library-kicker">Find legal access</p>
        <h2>Open libraries and borrowing paths</h2>
        <p>When DataForSolution cannot provide full reading, these sources can help users locate legitimate open or library access.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="library-source-grid">
        {% for source in site.data.library.legal_sources %}
        <a href="{{ source.url }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>{{ source.name }}</strong><span>{{ source.description }}</span></a>
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="library-section">
    <div class="library-shell">
      <div class="library-heading">
        <p class="library-kicker">Rights standard</p>
        <h2>How reading access is classified</h2>
        <p>This standard prevents a purchased or collected PDF from being treated as permission to redistribute the work.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="library-rights-grid">
        {% for item in site.data.library.rights_policy %}
        <article><h3>{{ item.label }}</h3><p>{{ item.meaning }}</p></article>
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>
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