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London has a number of red telephone kiosks turned into libraries. I belive they are administered by local groups which move the stock around once in a while but I would suspect it's difficult to manage this online since there is no check-in/check-out process.

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It sounds like the Street Library project here in Australia. Every little suburb and village now has multiple little enclosures that basically encourage to people to put in a book they have finished reading and take if they want. All grass roots driven and seems to work well with very little abuse.https://streetlibrary.org.au/

Little Free Libraries are the USA equivalent: https://littlefreelibrary.org

My wife has constructed, and contributed to, a few of these. I see them around town, even in residential areas; and, as you say, there is almost no vandalism or abuse.

You might be interested in how Little Free Library has been taken over by a misguided board of directors

https://nothingintherulebook.com/2019/11/15/listen-to-the-pe...

LittleFreeLibrary.org applied for trademark control of “wooden boxes with a storage area for books”. Additionally, LittleFreeLibrary.org now stakes claim to word variations beyond their trademarked name “Little Free Library”, such as “little library” and “little libraries”.

From a beautiful idea in 2009 to these terrible ideas now. :-(

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