This dissertation is centered on the Grande Bibliothèque (GB) which opened in Montreal in the spring of 2005, and was a library project of unprecedented scale in the city. The Grande Bibliothèque project unfolded during a significant moment in the cultural history of Québec, in which contemporary technological changes were, and are still, exerting transformative pressures on traditional models of the library. These same technologies have come to play an increasingly important role in the formation, circulation and reproduction of cultural practices and identities more broadly. As a case study, the GB is an instance of the many trends that are currently shaping libraries, including their changing historical narratives, their innovative archi...
International audienceSince the 1990s, libraries have undergone profound changes, in a context marke...
An unexpected problem arose with the 2011 opening of the new University of Calgary library: too few ...
For better or worse, libraries are part of the fabric of society. They cannot survive and thrive as...
The 21st century library has become a central nervous system for new and emergent media technologies...
The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ), the merger of the National Library of Québec with the Ce...
Crossing literature and sociology, this dissertation studies the process of production of literary v...
Ce projet d’article présente une synthèse d’étape à l’issue d’une deuxième année de recherche en Doc...
Whether libraries are burned down or treasured, everyday culture is always the driving force behind ...
The province of Québec, the sole province in Canada where the citizens are a French-language majorit...
International audienceHas the library created a matrix generating a new practice of transmittable, r...
One of the most radical changes of the Digital Revolution has been the redefinition of libraries, m...
For many centuries, the mission of the library as a civic institution has been seen as the collectio...
Articulant littérature et sociologie, cette thèse étudie le processus de construction de la valeur l...
Will transformations in technology, media and scholarly cultures lead to the declining importance or...
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.Includes bibliogra...
International audienceSince the 1990s, libraries have undergone profound changes, in a context marke...
An unexpected problem arose with the 2011 opening of the new University of Calgary library: too few ...
For better or worse, libraries are part of the fabric of society. They cannot survive and thrive as...
The 21st century library has become a central nervous system for new and emergent media technologies...
The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ), the merger of the National Library of Québec with the Ce...
Crossing literature and sociology, this dissertation studies the process of production of literary v...
Ce projet d’article présente une synthèse d’étape à l’issue d’une deuxième année de recherche en Doc...
Whether libraries are burned down or treasured, everyday culture is always the driving force behind ...
The province of Québec, the sole province in Canada where the citizens are a French-language majorit...
International audienceHas the library created a matrix generating a new practice of transmittable, r...
One of the most radical changes of the Digital Revolution has been the redefinition of libraries, m...
For many centuries, the mission of the library as a civic institution has been seen as the collectio...
Articulant littérature et sociologie, cette thèse étudie le processus de construction de la valeur l...
Will transformations in technology, media and scholarly cultures lead to the declining importance or...
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.Includes bibliogra...
International audienceSince the 1990s, libraries have undergone profound changes, in a context marke...
An unexpected problem arose with the 2011 opening of the new University of Calgary library: too few ...
For better or worse, libraries are part of the fabric of society. They cannot survive and thrive as...