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Urban Library Journal

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Walk The Future Like A Landscape: Theorizing An Interdisciplinary Approach, Jeremy Mcginniss Jan 2017

Walk The Future Like A Landscape: Theorizing An Interdisciplinary Approach, Jeremy Mcginniss

Urban Library Journal

Locating the place of the academic library in the current socio-political, economic environment is a fraught task. Being able to visualize library function in the future is even more difficult. The three concepts of maintaining perspective, creating context and building connections serve to anchor this presentation. Informed by the writings of John Stilgoe, Keller Easterling, James Scott, and related library literature, this presentation locates these three concepts in two different metaphors. The first is that of a giant; the second that of the ant. These metaphorical views provide and are dependent upon perspective, context, and connection. Employing the giant and …


Interdisciplinary Collecting – A Conceptual Outline Of Urban Studies, Linda Wadas Jul 2015

Interdisciplinary Collecting – A Conceptual Outline Of Urban Studies, Linda Wadas

Urban Library Journal

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