"Shadowy digital libraries want to hold all the world's knowledge and give it away for free."
Sarah Laskow has an excellent piece in Atlas Obscura from April 21, 2016 on pirate libraries:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-rise-of-illegal-pirate-libraries
The article has lovely images from photographers David Iliff, Marcus Gossler, and Bruno Delzant. Click on their names to see from which libraries these photos came.
IF ONLY: Imagine being able to reply to "What is it you do again?" with "I'm a pirate librarian."