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Hacking the Library presents artwork that highlights the intersecting values that shape our libraries, reflecting on challenges and definitions of libraries past and as we move into the future. As we address these challenges, we need to think of ways we can "hack" and our current systems. Here are some ways we can define the hacker ethos.
To make a hack of; to use in an indiscriminate way; to make common, stale, or trite by such treatment. To work as a hack; to do hackwork.
A person who may be hired to do any kind of work as required; a drudge, a lackey; (hence) a writer producing dull, unoriginal work, esp. to order.
In senses related to chopping, cutting, or striking. / To make (one's way, a path) through a place, out of a situation, etc., by chopping and cutting with rough heavy blows. / To manage, accomplish; to cope with; to tolerate. Frequently in to hack it.
To gain unauthorized access to or control over a computer system, network, a person's telephone communications, etc., typically remotely. Chiefly with into.
To apply an unorthodox strategy or expedient solution to adapt (something) to suit one's particular needs or preferences.
A horse used for hire. Also: an inferior or worn out horse, a nag. / A horse, esp. one of a calm disposition, used for general riding on a road, path, etc., as distinct from cross-country, military, or other kind of riding; a road horse. / A vehicle available for or seeking hire (originally a hackney coach or carriage, now typically a taxicab).
To pass time idly or without purpose; to hang around.
To cough repeatedly, esp. with a short, dry cough.
Confinement; restriction of liberty; (Navy) the punishment of being confined to quarters or on board ship. Chiefly in in hack, under hack: under the control of another person; under arrest or restraint; incarcerated.