Future Of The Main Urban Library
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Author | : Julia Nevárez |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2020-12-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3030579654 |
This book examines the role, history and function of public libraries in contemporary societies as motors that drive development. It analyses through case studies, how contemporary libraries have been redesigned to offer a new kind of public space while also reshaping neglected areas in cities. Broadly understood the book seeks to comprehend contemporary library design, urban development and the revitalization of specific urban areas. Important and world famous architects – star-architects – have designed signature architecture in the contemporary libraries selected for this volume. The examples to be showcased in the book include the main Seattle Public Library, Salt Lake City Public Library, New York Public Library, Spain Library Medellin, Colombia, Halifax Central Library Nova Scotia, Canada and Library of Alexandria in Egypt to offer examples of what constitute the approach to libraries and urban development in many cities around the world nowadays. Data in the form of interviews to library directors, librarians and users, tours of libraries, visual documentation and archival research have been collected for most public libraries included as case studies for the book. The impulse to archive has been framed and understood in the literature as a modern desire to control fleeting reality. Libraries as such respond to this desire by collecting, storing and circulating resources (books and other kinds of media). But more recently there has been an emphasis on the public character of library spaces in which people gather not only to obtain information and read by themselves but also to experience the very urban quality of proximity to others in more informal and less structured environments as public space. Community events characterize the programming of all the libraries included in the book. The design of these new libraries fit into urban development initiatives where libraries – like other iconic cultural spaces of cities – become central components to market cities for the consumption of culture. Libraries become sites to be visited and explored by tourists while providing services for residents. They are also machines to accelerate urban development especially in areas previously neglected by development.
Author | : P. P. Price |
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Release | : 1978 |
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Author | : Urban Libraries Council |
Publisher | : Las Cruces, N.M. : Urban Libraries Council |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Libraries and metropolitan areas |
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Author | : Bureau of Municipal Research (Toronto, Ont.) |
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Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Public libraries |
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Author | : Urban Libraries Council |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Public libraries |
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Designed for use in small groups, this video provides a forum for library staff to discuss the future of public libraries, in general and specific to their environment and community."
Author | : Steffen Lehmann |
Publisher | : Oro Editions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-07-12 |
Genre | : Architecture, Modern |
ISBN | : 9781951541989 |
The study Reimagining the Library of the Future investigates the various models of public buildings and civic space through the lens of the library. It takes a critical look at the history, present, and future transformation of this significant building typology that has recently emerged as a redefined community place, social condenser, and urban incubator for knowledge generation, storage, and sharing. In particular, the library has evolved as a vibrant and vital member of community development and as a basis for outreach efforts. This book presents 40 recent public and academic libraries from around the world, with over 200 images. As the survey of precedents shows, the historical cases have informed the design of the recent libraries and the continuous development of the building type over time. Well-designed libraries are now in abundance, and the wider view of this study includes mediatheques and learning centers. The selection of contemporary projects focuses on urban libraries in Europe (Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands), the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, and China.
Author | : Urban Libraries Council |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2010* |
Genre | : Libraries and community |
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Profiles how a strategic and successful relationship between the public library and the local government can be formed in order to accomplish sustainability for a community.
Author | : Mateusz Laszczkowski |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1785332570 |
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
Author | : Luxmoore Newcombe |
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Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : Dale Leorke |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2018-10-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811328056 |
Far from heralding their demise, digital technologies have lead to a dramatic transformation of the public library. Around the world, libraries have reinvented themselves as networked hubs, community centres, innovation labs, and makerspaces. Coupling striking architectural design with attention to ambience and comfort, libraries have signaled their desire to be seen as both engines of innovation and creative production, and hearts of community life. This book argues that the library’s transformation is deeply connected to a broader project of urban redevelopment and the transition to a knowledge economy. In particular, libraries have become entangled in visions of the smart city, where densely networked, ubiquitous connectivity promises urban prosperity built on efficiency, innovation, and new avenues for civic participation. Drawing on theoretical analysis and interviews with library professionals, policymakers, and users, this book examines the inevitable tensions emerging when a public institution dedicated to universal access to knowledge and a shared public culture intersects with the technology-driven, entrepreneurialist ideals of the smart city.