When I traveled to Massachusetts
in April with my family, one of the main places I wanted to visit was the Boston
Public Library. As a true book lover, I was electrified by the idea of seeing
the second largest collection of books in America. What an experience that
would be . . . or, would have been. Unfortunately, the GPS we borrowed from
friends for our trip managed to lead us down the garden path. The garden path
of course standing in for basically the entirety of Boston, a.k.a. everywhere
the library was not.
Though I wasn't able to view the BPL in person, I did gain exposure to it in another way. Before leaving for Massachusetts, I read an article highlighting an aspect of the BPL possibly at odds
with their fame as a massive collection of purely physical books. According to
the article (from the New York Times), the BPL is about to undergo a huge
transformation, incorporating much more technology, such as ebooks, into their
design. In this blog, I’m going to examine the changing landscape of libraries,
with a focus on ebook use, which will narrow into a case study on the
renovation of the Boston Public Library.
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