In the Future, WIll Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?

A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it. In Bexar County, Texas, the center of the San Antonio metropolitan area’s breakneck growth, a population boom has left some residents without adequate library access. A new initiative will fill that void with new centers of knowledge that look a lot like libraries--but with an important exception: locals who enter won’t find a single book on its shelves. Welcome to the BiblioTech, the country’s first bookless public library system.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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