What is a library when 'everywhere is here'? This architectural animation explores the question of the role of the public library when digital information is everywhere and is everything. What happ...
What is a library when 'everywhere is here'? This architectural animation explores the question of the role of the public library when digital information is everywhere and is everything. What happens to the spaces of books? and how should traditional spaces of information change for a digital world? Even better... in the developing world, how could the library nurture an information society, when people don't have access at home? Could the future of the library be an urban information bar? or a theatre of knowledge? and what does that really mean anyway? This animation is just an introduction to my architectural masters thesis called EVERYWHERE IS HERE: I will be blogging some random stuff at www.everywhereishere2009.blogspot.com
What do u guys think of the future of the library? and especially in a developing world? All comments and thoughts welcome!
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First, there is no such thing as a "digital divide" -- no matter how many books and articles are written on the subject. There is no more a digital divide than there is a BMW divide or an intelligence divide. Guess what? People are different and no amount of handwringing will make it so. Yes, digital archiving is making it possible for more people to access knowledge from where ever they happen to be, but this does not mean that everything will be free. Intellectual property still exists.
Great video! Reminds me a bit of Leadbeater's We Think
While developing countries do most certainly have issues of information access, you may also want to look into how countries like Africa & India are leapfrogging into newer technologies/services like mobile communications--without waiting for landlines. (e.g. Africans/mobiles/banking)
How do social & political paradigms affect the information needs of a population, and how do libraries as physical & virtual spaces meet those needs.
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While developing countries do most certainly have issues of information access, you may also want to look into how countries like Africa & India are leapfrogging into newer technologies/services like mobile communications--without waiting for landlines. (e.g. Africans/mobiles/banking)
How do social & political paradigms affect the information needs of a population, and how do libraries as physical & virtual spaces meet those needs.