You can read some of my thoughts on the evolving library: http://window.punkave.com/2009/01/30/junto-rethinking-the-library/
http://window.punkave.com/2009/01/20/what-should-a-modern-librarys-website-be/ You also might be interested in reading about the library outpost model: http://natehill.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/library-outposts-a-new-service-model-for-urban-public-libraries/ On Apr 19, 2011, at Apr 19,4:57 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > Not far off, we've been talking about Indy Hall/Coworking in terms of a > library (another struggling institution) for quite a while. Sometime back, > Geoff proposed what the library of the future would/could look like, and > proposed that it might look a lot like a coworking space. It's a place where > you go to work, to learn, and to socialize. > > Not surprisingly, this message has resonated the most in speaking with > students (one of our newest efforts of focused outreach). Students struggled > to see Indy Hall as something attainable, though they did get the "cool" > factor. The practicality of it became clear when I said, "so when you can't > go to your school library anymore...where are you going to go insead? What if > it was a place where instead of (or in addition to) books, you had people > full of knowledge and experiences?" > > And boom, it clicked. > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Mike Pihlman <m...@telbitconsulting.com> > wrote: > After reading an article about how bookstores are declining, I put on my > future hat and combined bookstores with coworking.....no matter what, there > are very interesting times ahead. > > Feel free to leave comments... > > http://tracyreaderdad.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/the-ebook-bookstore/ > > Mike > > > > > -- > "Visit http://ForCarol.com and help us help a Tracy High IB or Ag Sci student > go to college. "Carol Phan Scholarship Fund" > > Mike Pihlman > AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com > 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 > Tracy, CA 95376 > Phone: 209-757-8862 > Web: http://AltamontCowork.com > Twitter: @AltamontCowork > Facebook: http://Facebook.com/AltamontCowork > Drive Safe! http://ForCarol.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
