---
title: "Libraries that fill up at once and can be shared"
description: "Fill a library with folders, ZIPs, lists of links or a Zotero BibTeX; export it as a .scholaris package; share it, follow it, copy it or publish it with a link, respecting its rights."
url: https://scholaris.joseluissaorin.com/en/knowledge/libraries
markdown: https://scholaris.joseluissaorin.com/en/knowledge/libraries.md
lang: en
alternate_es: https://scholaris.joseluissaorin.com/saber/bibliotecas.md
updated: 2026-10-06
author: José Luis Saorín Ferrer (https://joseluissaorin.com)
---

# Libraries that fill up at once and can be shared

> Fill a library with folders, ZIPs, lists of links or a Zotero BibTeX; export it as a .scholaris package; share it, follow it, copy it or publish it with a link, respecting its rights.

## Filling a library in one go

From "Llenar biblioteca" (fill library) you can drop a whole folder, many files, a ZIP, a list of links, a BibTeX or RIS file with its Zotero folder beside it, or a pile of .spdf files. Before starting, Scholaris shows how long it will take and what it will cost, and lets you choose between two modes:

| Mode | What it does | For |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fast | Reads right away | When you need it today |
| Economy | Hard pages go through Gemini's batch API at half price and easy ones through a cheaper reader; takes hours | Filling a large library |

Repeated files (same SHA-256 hash) are detected and not read twice. A batch can be paused and resumed.

## .scholaris packages

A whole library exports as a **.scholaris** file: a ZIP with one [.spdf](https://scholaris.joseluissaorin.com/en/knowledge/spdf.md) per document, a `manifest.json` with the library, its rights and its documents, and a `LEEME.txt` (read-me). Originals and vectors are optional. Importing it into another account, or into the home version, reads nothing again.

## Sharing

- **Invite** by email, with read, edit or admin permission, and an expiry (from one day to ten years).
- **Follow** a library shared with you, and search it alongside your own.
- **Copy** into your library: the copy is by reference, so no files are duplicated and nothing is read again.
- **Public read-only link**, with an optional password, expiry, visit counter and the option to revoke it. Those pages ask search engines not to index them.

## Rights

Every library declares its rights: unspecified, public domain, CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, private use or with permission. To publish a library that is not open through a link you must confirm it is for private use, and the package of a non-open library carries a do-not-redistribute notice. Sharing a copyrighted book with someone who should not have it is the sharer's responsibility; Scholaris only asks you first.