Conclusions: The Urban Library: Archiving the Future
This concluding chapter will summarize the similarities and differences between the different public libraries in terms of distinct features, common approaches, and future trends. The chapter will highlight the evolution of libraries to address how the li
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The Urban Library Creative City Branding in Spaces for All
The Urban Library
Dictionary in the New York Public Library (Nevárez 2019)
Julia Nevárez
The Urban Library Creative City Branding in Spaces for All
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Julia Nevárez School of Social Science Kean University Union, NJ, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-57964-7 ISBN 978-3-030-57965-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57965-4
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To my dad for his respect and civil conversations
Preface
Public libraries remain one of the few genuine democratic institutions in contemporary societies, globally. Public libraries are public spaces that provide access to all and cater to their communities’ needs in buildings that connect cities to people and knowledge. Libraries have been an intrinsic part of my life. The “Biblioteca Lázaro” in the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras was a refuge and source of myriad encounters and intellectual conversations that merged into the “Placita de Humanidades” where engaging conversations was a praxis. At the beginning of my Ph.D., the New York Public Library was located across the street from the Graduate Center, City University of New York on 42nd street. In the late 1980s, I was told not to visit Bryant Park because drugs were rampant and women were assaulted. This was a very different New York City from the family entertainment district that characterized Bryant Park and the Times Square area right before the pandemic in 2020. It was the New York of fiscal crisis before the city was branded for the entertainment of the global professional class, tourists, and investors. After visiting many libraries throughout my academic
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