Library as Social Network, Version 2.0

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Yesterday, I went to the first meeting of the library planning committee. The meeting was informative and inspiring: the new library, or more accurately the Mary Idema Pew Library and Information Commons, is going to be amazing. If you have not seen the video introducing the library, it’s worth taking a look: The SHW Group [...]

More on the Library of the Future

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

I went to an informative meeting yesterday that was all about the new GVSU library. I am not at liberty to talk specifically about the tentative blueprint for the library, but the conceptual movies I saw looked very, very promising. The building aims to be LEED certified, which is not a surprise given GVSU’s commitment [...]

Seeing the Library as a Social Network

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

I was recently asked to be part of the planning committee for the new library, set to break ground in 2010-2011. I’m pretty excited about it. Geeked would be a better word, perhaps. In any case, a big chunk of my dissertation speculated on the future of libraries, so it’s fun to be involved in [...]