The library of tomorow today.

http://blogs.library.unlv.edu/arch-studies/2007/09/interactive_spaces.html

I had never consider the fact that the library might go out of date pretty soon because of being able to find all the information online but these people believe that that can be averted. They have created a library that deals with interactive spaces. This library deals with both physical and virtual space. There are a lot of different places you can find activities.

This library has a Transformation lab with five different areas of the library with different kinds of interactive space. The Literature Lab, the News Lab, the Music Lab, the Exhibition Lab, and the square. The Literature Lab shows new ways of communicating besides books. the News lab shows people the effects of the news media in our world with screens showing news all over the world. the Music Lab is divided into different zones. The inspiration zone is set up like a cafe has music magazines, the production zone has instruments and computer equipment. In the Exhibition Lab people look at what previous people have done and talk about their own ideas. There is also the square which is really neat it has both planned and unexpected meetings where anyone can say anything.

They believe that this library is an ongoing project will never get finished nor should we be able to finish this project. The growth of knowledge is ever expanding. There might however be ways in which this is not the case. There might be something that takes all this technology away from them or it might get set in it's way. However it is very good at present and I would like to see how it progresses in the future. I wish them good luck with this project and I hope things will turn out for the best for them.

Bloging opinions

A blog is a place where you type your ideas and anyone who looks for it can find it. You post things and get your opinions out there and people may or may not read them. After they read it they can reply so it can be conversation as well as just monolog. There is no limit on how quick or how slowly the person takes before they react to your question or statement or observation etc. you can change what you say if you don't like it and once you've change it you've changed it for good. You can post something that you feel strongly about one way and someone else can say they believe the exact opposite and can still be friends.

I think that a blog uses virtual space which is believe it or not is not real space. in a way it is almost imaginary space but not quite. Although it shows no signs of compressing in on itself I have to be suspicious of all the videos that are disappearing but that may just be a cost related thing.

The blogging that is spontaneous is usually easier to do than the blogging that is assigned. Also video's are easier to put a video on blogger than I at first thought. It can be hard to think up new things to say if I have a specific amount of posts. But when it is just for fun I can't stop.
I like the fact that all of these things that are circling around in my brain out to the public. And I think I might do a blogging just for fun tonight