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A question inspired by spring break travels and Baker’s reference to t
Mar 10 2008, 2:17 PM EDT
(1) Read the following two quotes:“We mustn’t model the digital library on the day-to-day operation of a single human brain, which quite properly uses-or-loses, keeps uppermost in mind what it needs most often, and does not refresh, and eventually forgets, what it very infrequently considers—after all, the principal reason groups of rememberers invented writing and printing was to record accurately what they sensed was otherwise likely to be forgotten” (Baker 245). “Use suggests the occupation of space produces space only through usability, through how the occupation of space uses that space. When and how that space is occupied extends beyond use to the apparatus of that space: its technological and social practice. How that space is made through its technological and social functions defines how, when, and by whom that space can be occupied” (24). (2) Access the link below and view the slideshow of the Central Library in Seattle Washington. http://www.spl.org/images/slideshow/NewCentralSlideshow.asp (3) What does the physical space of this library (built in 2004) tell us about use, occupation, and function? Dobrin, Sidney I. “The Occupation of Composition.” The Locations of Composition. Eds. Christopher J. Keller and Christian R. Weisser. Albany: SUNY P, 2007. Do you find this valuable? |
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