KNOWLEDGE HUB.
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Date
2018
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
"Technological innovations and digitization of resources have changed the traditional forms
of library systems. Though these methods are eliminating the need for traditional structures,
there is also an argument for the need of physical interaction with books and peers in the
library. There still exists a strong support for books in the traditional form and the need for
the ‘joy of reading’.” Libraries needs to be transformed as an active social space. A public
library is just not a space to access physical and digital data but also create an environment to
initiate interaction of people and exchange of ideas takes place among all people of diverse
backgrounds and age groups visiting the library.
Libraries are civic spaces where knowledge is circulated in all media. The systematic
arrangement of the data, the reading spaces and the interaction with the librarian, derived
from a user pattern enhance the user experience. There will be spaces where these functions
overlap like the reception spaces, the large atriums and the reading halls where there is visual
and physical connection with the other spaces providing a multi-generational experience. The
play of natural light and the reading hall, the connection of the inside to the outside, formal
and informal reading spaces, data collection (physical entities such as books, newspapers,
magazines, is to computer rooms), provide a sense of volume to which the user relate, giving
a dual experience to all kinds of people entering the library. Libraries also play a major role
in providing literacy to the homeless, giving rise to knowledge societies.
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Technological innovations and digitization, Libraries needs, physical interaction, knowledge societies.