Parenthetically, even setting up a https://littlefreelibrary.org at my condominium complex has been met with incomprehension and fear...
Easier for them to do that than realize the many $thousands they paid for their education which could have been free. Indoctrination withdrawal syndrome is a mean bitch that most can't beat. In this case, they'd rather burn the free books, stay paying on closed source OS, nannyfilter patron access, etc.
Open a hackerspace right next door complete with bookshelves, see who has more patrons under an open nonprofit board charter, perhaps the old neighbor will groan and annex itself to the new.