From my last post – this was the only book referred to in the New South Wales matrix that I hadn’t yet read. So I set out to grab a copy of How Buildings Learn and discover more about its metaphor for a potential library future. I think I have always been interested in architectureContinue reading “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built by Stewart Brand”
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Bookend Scenarios – Public libraries 20 years in the future?
The State Library of New South Wales did a little future forecasting and compiled their results in a nice white paper called Bookend Scenarios (pdf). Although they were focusing on particularly Australian concerns, I was surprised by how applicable their vision is to American libraries. We face very similar challenges to our services, and it’sContinue reading “Bookend Scenarios – Public libraries 20 years in the future?”