| The Library Beyond the Book Contributor(s): Schnapp, Jeffrey T. (Author), Battles, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674725034 ISBN-13: 9780674725034 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Computers & Technology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Digital & Online Resources - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 371.3 |
| LCCN: 2013042383 |
| Series: metaLABprojects |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With textbook readers and digital downloads proliferating, it is easy to imagine a time when printed books will vanish. Such forecasts miss the mark, argue Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles. Future bookshelves will not be wholly virtual, and libraries will thrive--although in a variety of new social, cultural, and architectural forms. Schnapp and Battles combine deep study of the library's history with a record of institutional and technical innovation at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of the digital humanities. They gather these currents in The Library Beyond the Book, exploring what libraries have been in the past to speculate on what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels. Libraries have always been mix-and-match spaces, and remix is their most plausible future scenario. Speculative and provocative, The Library Beyond the Book explains book culture for a world where the physical and the virtual blend with ever increasing intimacy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schnapp, Jeffrey T.: - Jeffrey T. Schnapp is the faculty director of metaLAB at Harvard University and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.Battles, Matthew: - Matthew Battles is Associate Director of metaLAB at Harvard University. |