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From today's issue of LJ Academic News Wire:<br><br>
<b>CLIR ISSUES REPORT ON LIBRARY AS PLACE<br>
</b>The "library as place" has been a hot topic in recent <br>
years. In a new report, the Council on Library and <br>
Information Resources (CLIR) presents essays from six <br>
experts--an architect, four librarians, and a humanities <br>
professor. The authors provide diverse visions of the <br>
library, its services, and its space in the twenty-first <br>
century, examining the role of the library in the digital <br>
age and the impact of new technology on the creation and <br>
design of library space. "Ten or fifteen years ago we were <br>
taking all the teaching facilities out of libraries," <br>
writes architect Geoffrey Freeman in an opening <br>
essay. "Today, these spaces are back . . . and in a more <br>
dynamic way than ever." The goal, Freeman adds, is for the <br>
library to "function foremost as an integral and <br>
interdependent part of the institution's total educational <br>
experience." Other contributors include Scott Bennett, <br>
Yale librarian emeritus; Sam Demas, college librarian at <br>
Carleton College; Bernard Frischer, professor of art <br>
history and classics at the University of Virginia and <br>
director of the university's Institute for Advanced <br>
Technology in the Humanities; Christina Peterson, a <br>
librarian at the hybrid Martin Luther King Jr. Library in <br>
San José; and Kate Oliver, associate director for the <br>
medical library at Johns Hopkins University. To see a <br>
summary and free download, visit: <br>
<a href="http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub129abst.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub129abst.html</a>.<br><br>
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Suzanne Lorimer<br>
Coordinator of Reference Services<br>
Research Services and Collections Department<br>
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University<br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
130 Wall Street<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
(phone) 203-432-8371 (fax) 203-432-8527<br>
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