As a Public Services Librarian I am so happy to see a video like this out there. Please know that we are out here to help and serve our communities. We WANT to help no matter how silly you think the question is.
In antiquity, that Alexandria (Egypt) library, for instance, was a huge "third space" hub or mecca, inspired by all those documented facts and ideas... With cyber and internet "content," we seem to be relegating books, libraries to sources of data, information. But books, scrolls and such, are so much more, whether books are collected, brought together for free reading, or for their selling. Fiction writer Brian Lee Durfee (on his UA-cam channel) discusses the importance of book covers, -book cover art, maps (style), diagrams etc., even the paper itself and the font, as part of the "experience" of books. With a book there is both a holism and synergy of nuances, mostly sensory of course, but help deliver more then sensory, and mere data or information. Books are an experience beyond that. Each one making its singular impression.
As a Public Services Librarian I am so happy to see a video like this out there. Please know that we are out here to help and serve our communities. We WANT to help no matter how silly you think the question is.
In antiquity, that Alexandria (Egypt) library, for instance, was a huge "third space" hub or mecca, inspired by all those documented facts and ideas... With cyber and internet "content," we seem to be relegating books, libraries to sources of data, information. But books, scrolls and such, are so much more, whether books are collected, brought together for free reading, or for their selling. Fiction writer Brian Lee Durfee (on his UA-cam channel) discusses the importance of book covers, -book cover art, maps (style), diagrams etc., even the paper itself and the font, as part of the "experience" of books. With a book there is both a holism and synergy of nuances, mostly sensory of course, but help deliver more then sensory, and mere data or information. Books are an experience beyond that. Each one making its singular impression.
Excellent. Thank you Tara!
Wow. Libraries are doing much more than lending out books. Wonderful
without libraries the world goes to chaos this is a great ted talk.
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This was an amazing presentation. You’re doing a great job!
Great speech!!!
lol