{"product_id":"9780674725034-the-library-beyond-the-book","title":"The Library Beyond the Book","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles reflect on what libraries have been in order to speculate about what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels. They combine the cultural history of libraries with innovations at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of digital humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith textbook readers and digital downloads proliferating, it is easy to imagine a time when printed books will vanish. Such forecasts miss the mark, argue Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles. Future bookshelves will not be wholly virtual, and libraries will thrive—although in a variety of new social, cultural, and architectural forms. Schnapp and Battles combine deep study of the library’s history with a record of institutional and technical innovation at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of the digital humanities. They gather these currents in \u003ci\u003eThe Library Beyond the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring what libraries have been in the past to speculate on what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibraries have always been mix-and-match spaces, and remix is their most plausible future scenario. Speculative and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Library Beyond the Book\u003c\/i\u003e explains book culture for a world where the physical and the virtual blend with ever increasing intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449775108470,"sku":"9780674725034","price":21.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28657267.jpg?v=1760446681","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674725034-the-library-beyond-the-book","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}