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Despite calls for electronic, virtual, digital libraries without walls, the walled variety are still being built, some of them massive. This book explores the reasons for this contradiction by examining several notable new library facilities around the world to see how modern expectations for libraries are being translated into concrete and steel. More and more libraries are looking at change not as a dreaded hazard but as an opportunity that can itself be seized to strengthen the library in the areas of mission, technologies, facilities, funding, and organizational structure.
Thirteen libraries are discussed—by a librarian or administrator who worked on the project. Each author writes about the design and building concerns that were particularly relevant to that library: philosophy, political issues, or any other concerns that affected planning, building, and services in the new facility. Introductory and concluding chapters identify underlying values and themes, tying everything together. The unique combinations of issues, constraints, and opportunities show how libraries are planning to fit into the approaching era of virtual information delivery.
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reviewed Building Libraries for the 21st Century : The Shape of Information on March 13, 2012
Building Libraries for the 21st Century : The Shape of Information
It's not a literary masterpiece or a timeless chronicle by a lauded writer, but rather a somewhat heartfelt analysis of every bat-film, bat-TV series (live action or not) and even some comic book titles that have ever been published. But this shouldn't be taken as a criticism but rather as a compliment: I don't think many of us bat-freaks would be too pleased with a filmography written by someone that doesn't love the Dark Knight as much as we do.
Reinhart goes to great lengths to point just this out: some of the many issues that almost every Batman depiction on film has is that the people in charge of bringing the character to life don't appear to even get who Batman is and what his motives and ethos are. At the same time, some of the most highly regarded Batman films are appraised for their complexities and in many cases their respectful and thoughtful depictions that stay close to the character and its many stories.
I'm glad a book like this even exists. It saves us from angrily wandering around a gazillion websites to gather opinions close to ours, instead letting us reflect upon the films and their subtleties or down right nuclear disasters.
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