I ran across a very interesting “slide show essay” in Slate called Borrowed Time. It briefly discusses the architecture of 8 large urban libraries located in Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and New York. The author reflects on the attitudes towards the library that the architecture reveals and cautiously supposes that the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Future of libraries’
Does the Public Library Have a Future?
Posted in Libraries, tagged Architecture, Future of libraries, Public Libraries, Salt Lake City, Utah on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Library in the New Age
Posted in Books and reading, Libraries, tagged Books, Future of libraries, Library as place on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Review of Books has published a long essay by Robert Darnton entitled, The Library in the New Age:
“Students today still respect their libraries, but reading rooms are nearly empty on some campuses. In order to entice the students back, some librarians offer them armchairs for lounging and chatting, even drinks and snacks, [...]
