The latest Spark podcast has a fascinating segment called “The future of public library design” in which host Nora Young talks to a Dutch librarian, and a designer, about their bold experiment in library design. The new Almere public library looks like a bookstore, features a big video gaming section, and uses a “shop concept” to make the various groups of patrons much more likely to stick around.
There’s a great idea, check it out … play X-Box and PC games, in the library!
Check out the full post over on the Spark blog HERE, and have a listen to the segment |MP3||.
Posted by Jesse Willis
P.S. CBC is still hiding the J. Michael Straczynski radio drama. Bad CBC!