Information, Architecture, and Hybridity: The Changing Discourse of the Public Library

Teena A. M. Carnegie; John Abell

doi:10.1080/10572250902947066

Technical Communication Quarterly Jun 2009

Information, Architecture, and Hybridity: The Changing Discourse of the Public Library

Teena A. M. Carnegie Eastern Washington University ; John Abell Washington State University

Abstract

In an industrial society, the library is associated with modern economic, political, and social metanarratives. With the rise of digital technology, public libraries are threatened with the possibility of becoming obsolete and irrelevant. Spaces and interfaces intersect with modern and postmodern narratives as the library vies to establish its identity as a legitimizer and purveyor of knowledge in the information age. Through architecture, the library comes to speak the language of hybridity to reassert its relevance and reposition itself.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2009-06-09
DOI: 10.1080/10572250902947066
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