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-# censorbib
-Internet censorship bibliography
+Overview
+--------
+This repository contains the BibTeX file and HTML templates that are used to
+create the [Internet censorship bibliography](http://censorbib.nymity.ch).
+
+Build it
+--------
+
+You first need [`bibliogra.py`](https://github.com/NullHypothesis/bibliograpy)
+to turn the BibTeX file into an HTML bibliography.
+
+Then, run the following command to write the bibliography to `OUTPUT_DIR`.
+
+    $ bibliogra.py -H header.tpl -F footer.tpl -f references.bib OUTPUT_DIR
+
+Feedback
+--------
+Contact: Philipp Winter <phw@nymity.ch>  
+OpenPGP fingerprint: `B369 E7A2 18FE CEAD EB96  8C73 CF70 89E3 D7FD C0D0`