Is this where books go to die?
There are about 7500 public libraries in the US, and until recently, more than a third of their transactions were for DVDs.
What’s a library for? The media has changed, our needs have changed, but the dynamics of funding, architecture and expectation have largely remained the same.
The modern library is about community, education and access to tools. It creates an aura of possibility and engages with what’s really scarce–possibility, not data.