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Library as place : rethinking roles, rethinking space / [by Geoffrey T. Freeman ... et al.]

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Library as place : rethinking roles, rethinking space / [by Geoffrey T. Freeman ... et al.]
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources, c2005.

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  • Freeman, Geoffrey T.
  • Council on Library and Information Resources
Description
vii, 81 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
What is the role of a library when users can obtain information from any location? And what does this role change mean for the creation and design of library space? Six authors an architect, four librarians, and a professor of art history and classics explore these questions this report. The authors challenge the reader to think about new potential for the place we call the library and underscore the growing importance of the library as a place for teaching, learning, and research in the digital age.
Series Statement
  • Perspectives on the evolving library
  • CLIR publication ; no. 129
Uniform Title
  • Perspectives on the evolving library.
  • CLIR publication ; no. 129.
Subject
  • Library buildings > Design and construction
  • Libraries > Space utilization
  • Library planning
  • Libraries and education > Research
  • Libraries > Electronic information resources
Note
  • "February 2005."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The library as place: changes in learning patterns, collections, technology and use / by Geoffrey T. Freeman -- Righting the balance / by Scott Bennett -- From the ashes of Alexandria: what's happening in the college library? / by Sam Demas -- The ultimate Internet café: reflections of a practicing digital humanist about designing a future for the research library in the digital age / by Bernard Frischer -- Space designed for lifelong learning: the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joint-use library / by Christina A. Peterson -- The Johns Hopkins Welch Medical Library as base: information professionals working in library user environments / by Kathleen Burr Oliver.
ISBN
1932326138
LCCN
9781932326130
OCLC
58597399
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library