links for 2007-11-17

• Michael Seadle, "The physical dimension of information space," Library Hi Tech 20:1 (2002), 6-7. [sub req]
  "One of the unintended effects of new information technology has been the obsolescence of the buildings housing the technology. information technology can be building-independent, but our buildings are not technology-- independent."
  (tags: architecture library place-space university endofcyberspace digital-physical)
• Bailey and Tierney, "The Information commons redux: Concept, evolution, and transcending the tragedy of the Commons," Journal of Academic Librarianship 28:5 (2002), 277-286. [sub req]
  "This article reviews “information commons” concepts and describes administrative and functional integration in an academic library information commons."
  (tags: library design architecture commons)
• Donald Beagle. "Journal of Academic Librarianship : Extending the Information Commons: From instructional testbed to Internet2," 28:5 (2002), 287-296. [sub req]
  The author’s conceptualization of an Information Commons (IC) is revisited and elaborated.... The IC’s role as testbed for instructional support and knowledge discovery is explored, and progress on pertinent research is reviewed."
  (tags: commons architecture library design)
• A Century of Progress? Adaptation of the Chemistry Library at the University of Chicago
  "[T]he Chemistry Library at the University of Chicago and its librarians have responded to changes in the university and in society, including changes in the practice of librarianship, scientific publishing, chemical research, and higher education."
  (tags: library architecture design science)
• "Changing Mission, Strengthened Focus: A New Use for the Current Periodicals Room at the University of California, Santa Cruz," Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (Fall 2005)
  UCSC converted its periodicals room into an "Information Center" designed to be the "'destination of choice' for students, faculty, staff, and members of our greater community even in this digital age."
  (tags: university library design place-space community architecture)
• The National Science and Technology Library
  Brief report on visits to "such major libraries in Beijing as Tsinghua University Library, Beijing University Library, Beijing Capital Library, and the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL)."
  (tags: china library science X2)
• 32 documents that cite: The deserted library
  (tags: library bibliography university education)
• An Interview with Mark Herring: Why the Library is STILL better than the Internet
  (tags: library internet reading education)
• Donald Beagle - The Sociotechnical Networks of Scholarly Communication - Portal Libraries and the Academy 1:4
  "Actor-Network Theory (ANT) offers an interdisciplinary vocabulary and methodology that may have promising application to understanding... the complex state of flux in scholarly communications and publishing today... and its impact on libraries."
  (tags: library actor-network sociology communication university)
• Marlene Manoff - The Materiality of Digital Collections: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives - portal: Libraries and the Academy 6:3
  "Digital and textual objects are coming under a new kind of scrutiny as scholars are becoming more interested in physical artifacts and their relation to their social and cultural environment.... [We] need to explore the nature of digital materiality."
  (tags: digital-physical materiality library)
• Samantha Bee on the news
  She it truly a genius.
  (tags: humor politics)