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Up Close: Bright Lights, Gig City in Chattanooga | Library by Design

Up Close: Bright Lights, Gig City in Chattanooga | Library by Design | SocialLibrary | Scoop.it

"Dreaming bigger, intellectually and space-wise, Nate Hill has plans to take the concept of the maker space to an entirely new level. With Corinne Hill’s full support, Nate Hill aims to turn the library’s loftlike, 17,000 square foot fourth floor, which has been a storage area for 30 years, into “The 4th Floor,” a multi­use creative space that would be a “public media lab, an information commons, a gallery, a theater, a classroom, and a maker space,” he says. While this concept is still in the early planning stages, the gig’s wireless configuration allows Nate Hill to brainstorm possibilities for the space that would not have been feasible before."

by Sarah Bayliss Library Journal (spotted by Gordon Belt @gordonbelt)

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Cityscapes: Libraries of the future? With Chicago's new library ...

Cityscapes: Libraries of the future? With Chicago's new library ... | SocialLibrary | Scoop.it

BY BLAIR KAMIN:

"What should a 21st Century library look like? To ask that question is to conjure futuristic visions--of libraries that resemble sleek Apple stores; of librarians who stroll around their branches with computer tablets, and of robots ..."


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