Sure, the age of browsing for books and checking them out may be coming slowly to a close, but the idea of a library can adapt rather than fade away. These five locations are doing just that. When I took a high school class in "library science," the primary innovation I learned about was the Dewey Decimal System. It was invented in 1876. But libraries insist that, despite their name (derived from liber, which is literally a Latin word for "tree bark"), they are hotbeds of innovation. The most surprising thing about this is that, to some extent, it’s true.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]