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The Future of Libraries Has Little to Do with Books
On a Monday morning between Christmas and New Year'sEve in Paris, the line for modern art museum Centre GeorgesPompidou winds around the block. But the patrons waiting inthe cold aren't there to catch a glimpse of a Magritte—they're young locais queueing for access through themuseum’s back door to another attraction: the publiclibrary.
In a digital age that has left book publishers reeling,libraries in the world's major cities seem poised for acomeback, though it1s one that has very little to do withbooks. The Independent Library Report — published inDecember by the U.K.'s Department for Culture, Media, andSport — found that libraries across the nation arereinventing themseives by increasingly becoming "vibrant andattractive community hubs", focusing on the "need to createdigital literacy, and in an ideal world, digital fluency.”
Taking into account the proliferation of freelancing,the gig economy, and remote working (also known as'technomadism'), the rise of library as community hub beginsto make sense. Cities are increasingly attracting locationindependent workers, and those workers need space andamenities that expensive and unreliable coffee shops simplycannot provide enough of.
Furthermore, when one considers that the mostvulnerable and underserved city dwellers are also those whogenerally do not have access to the Internet, the need for afree and publicly connected space becomes even clearer.
According to a 2013 Pew poli, 90 percent in the U.S.said their community would be negatively impacted if theirlocal library closed. But if libraries are going to survivethe digital age, they need to be more about helping patronsfilter vast quantities of digital Information rather thanaccess to analog materiais. Good news carne for U.S.libraries in November, when Federal CommunicationsCommission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a 62 percentincrease in spending on high-speed Internet for schools andpublic libraries.
When it comes to this need for connectivity, Britainfslibrary report stated a "Wi-Fi connection should bedelivered in a comfortable, retail standard environment withthe usual amenities of coffee, sofas and etc." The reportsuggested that libraries focus less on loaning physicalbooks and more on widening access via loaning of e-books,which the report noted was up by 80 percent in Britain from2013.
Also in 2013, the first bookless public library in theUnited States opened in San Antonio, Texas. ThecityTs BiblioTech offers an all-digital, cloud-basedcollection of more than 10,000 e-books, plus e-readersavailable for checkout. Located in San Antonio’s underservedSouth Side, the BiblioTech provides an important digital hubin a city with a population that still struggles to connectto wireless Internet, Last month saw the opening of Canada'sHalifax Central Library, designed by a world-leading Danishdesign firm. With its auditorium, meeting space forentrepreneurs, multiple cafes, adult literacy classes andgaming facilities, actual books seemed like anafterthought.
(Abridged from http://magazine.good.is/articles/public-libraries-reimagined).