Public Libraries/NY, Seattle, Salt Lake City

1. The Global Library:
Fluid Space, Virtual Access, and Urban Context

2. libraries and cities

3. the archive: physical and virtual access

4. public space and knowledge acquisition:
transformative spaces

7. the global archive

8. global trends and the global archive

9. urban development

10. Seattle’s Public Library “Libraries for all”

17. Salt Lake City Public Library – “The City Library”
…to engage the city’s imagination and aspirations….

31. New York Public Library “Discover, connect, get inspired”

35. Conclusions:
• places to think with
• flexibility in addressing contextual factors: of the city
and of the constituents where high standards are
expected
• new organizational structures
• dialogical space: active and critical engagement