http://www.psfk.com/2008/03/rejuvinating-downtown-libraries.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2008/03/rejuvinating-downtown-libraries.html/comment-page-1#comment-12401 Chase Granoff Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:41:47 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/03/rejuvinating-downtown-libraries.html#comment-12401 Another potential development for the idea and concept of library is building and developing small specialized places of research, lending and sharing. These grassroots initiatives can look towards small private P2P networks as a paradigm. I think there is still something special about having the physical object and creating physical "real world" networks. I am currently developing and planning on creating a library in my home that is available and accessible to the public. This home library will specialize in choreography as a social practice. I feel that there is something very exciting and relevant about this model. It is creating, developing and directly contributing to a specific community and helping to engage and strengthen discourse. Another potential development for the idea and concept of library is building and developing small specialized places of research, lending and sharing. These grassroots initiatives can look towards small private P2P networks as a paradigm. I think there is still something special about having the physical object and creating physical “real world” networks. I am currently developing and planning on creating a library in my home that is available and accessible to the public. This home library will specialize in choreography as a social practice. I feel that there is something very exciting and relevant about this model. It is creating, developing and directly contributing to a specific community and helping to engage and strengthen discourse.

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/03/rejuvinating-downtown-libraries.html/comment-page-1#comment-12400 Dana VanDen Heuvel Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:03 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/03/rejuvinating-downtown-libraries.html#comment-12400 I've heard the same perspective that libraries are on the way out, but if you look at them from a marketing lens and extract that 'value proposition' of 'connecting people with all forms of media and the world's information' from each local library and combine it with the 'green' and 'reduced consumption' movements, you've got a perfect storm of opportunity to position a resurgence of the local library as the hub of learning, community, earth friendliness and all manner of things. When you look at some of the newest libraries in Seattle, Minneapolis and other cities, it's easy to see that this concept is not much of a stretch. I’ve heard the same perspective that libraries are on the way out, but if you look at them from a marketing lens and extract that ‘value proposition’ of ‘connecting people with all forms of media and the world’s information’ from each local library and combine it with the ‘green’ and ‘reduced consumption’ movements, you’ve got a perfect storm of opportunity to position a resurgence of the local library as the hub of learning, community, earth friendliness and all manner of things. When you look at some of the newest libraries in Seattle, Minneapolis and other cities, it’s easy to see that this concept is not much of a stretch.

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