基本説明
This collection of 14 original papers covers library spaces old and new, real and imagined, large and small, public and private. Contributions range from a consideration of the Garrison library in the British Empire, to the Carnegie library as a social institution, to the imagined library in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Full Description
Libraries, as a component of cultural space, are ubiquitous to almost every society during almost every time period. However, as places of cultural and symbolic and intellectual meaning, they have varied greatly. To capture both aspects, this collection of 14 original papers covers library spaces old and new, real and imagined, large and small, public and private. Contributions range from a consideration of the Garrison library in the British Empire, to the Carnegie library as a social institution, to the imagined library in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The result is a fascinating look at the library as a physical, social, and intellectual place within the hearts and minds of its clientele and the public at large.
Contents
Foreword by Wayne A. Wiegand and John Carlo Bertot
Introduction
1. Space, Place, and Libraries: An Introduction Gloria J. Leckie and John E. Buschman
Section I: The Library's Place in the Past
2. Beneficial Spaces: The Rise of Military Libraries in the British Empire Ronald Tetreault
3. Libraries in Public before the Age of Public Libraries: Interpreting the Furnishings and Design of Athenaeums and Other "Social Libraries," 1800-1860 Adam Arenson
4. A Grand Old Sandstone Lady: Vancouver's Carnegie Library Ann Curry
Section II: Libraries as Places of Community
5. The Fruit and Root of the Community: The Greensboro Carnegie Negro Library, 1904-1964 Julia A. Hersberger, Lou Sua, and Adam L. Murray
6. Locating the Library as Place among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Patrons Paulette Rothbauer
7. Behind the Program-Room Door: The Creation of Parochial and Private Women's Realms in a Canadian Public Library Pamela J. McKenzie, Elena M. Prigoda, Kirsten Clement, and Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie
8. Seattle Public Library as Place: Reconceptualizing Space, Community, and Information at the Central Library Karen E. Fisher, Matthew L. Saxton, Phillip M. Edwards, and Jens-Erik Mai
Section III: Research Libraries as Places of Learning and Scholarship
9. Stimulating Space, Serendipitous Space: Library as Place in the Life of the Scholar Karen Antell and Debra Engel
10. Setting the Stage for Undergraduates' Information Behaviors: Faculty and Librarians' Perspectives on Academic Space Lisa M. Given
11. The Research Library as Place: On the Essential Importance of Collections of Books Shelved in Subject-Classified Arrangements Thomas Mann
Section IV: Libraries, Place, and Culture
12. On the Myths of Libraries Bonnie Mak
13. Managing Pleasure: Library Architecture and the Erotics of Reading Abigail Van Slyck
14. Going to Hell: Placing the Library in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Adriana Estill
Index
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