Public Libraries in the Smart City

ISBN-13: 9789811328046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 135 str.

Dale Leorke; Danielle Wyatt

Spis treści

1. Introduction: More than Just a Library.- 2. Beacons of the Smart City.- 3. Mixed Metaphors: Between the Head and the Heart of the City.- 4. Metrics, Metrocentricity, and Governance Models: The Uneven Transformation of Public Libraries.- 5. Coda: Connection and Disconnection in a Digital Culture.- Index.

O autorze

Dale Leorke is a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University, Finland. His research examines the intersection of digital technologies and urban policy.

 

Danielle Wyatt is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research examines the public life of culture as expressed across institutions, cultural policy, public space, and everyday practices.

Blurb

This book outlines the various ways in which public libraries have become entangled in visions of the ‘smart city’, where densely networked, ubiquitous connectivity promises urban prosperity built on efficiency, innovation and new avenues for civic participation. Drawing on theoretical analysis and interviews with library professionals, policymakers, and users, it examines the inevitable tensions emerging when a public institution dedicated to universal access to knowledge and a shared public culture intersects with the technology-driven, entrepreneurialist ideals of the smart city.