Library as Infrastructure

A public library today has information to improve people’s lives. We are an enabler; we are a connector.

Now we are seeing the rise of a new metaphor: the library as “platform” — a buzzy word that refers to a base upon which developers create new applications, technologies and processes. In an influential 2012 article in Library Journal, David Weinberger proposed that we think of libraries as “open platforms” — not only for the creation of software, b... See more

Public libraries are often seen as “opportunity institutions,” opening doors to, and for, the disenfranchised.