TY - CHAP
T1 - Turning Public Libraries into Collaborative Spaces
T2 - The Role of Multimodal Imaginaries
AU - Svejenova, Silviya
AU - Boxenbaum, Eva
AU - Meyer, Renate
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Drawing on a study of Danish public libraries, we examine the transformation of the institution of the public library from a knowledge space for information access and learning to a collaborative space for civil creativity and innovation. We identify three imaginaries that enabled this transformation: city, community, and creation. Each imaginary conveyed meaning multimodally, that is, through verbal, visual, and material modes of communication. We propose that multimodal imaginaries are effective for transforming pre-existing spaces, even institutionalized ones, into collaborative spaces.
AB - Drawing on a study of Danish public libraries, we examine the transformation of the institution of the public library from a knowledge space for information access and learning to a collaborative space for civil creativity and innovation. We identify three imaginaries that enabled this transformation: city, community, and creation. Each imaginary conveyed meaning multimodally, that is, through verbal, visual, and material modes of communication. We propose that multimodal imaginaries are effective for transforming pre-existing spaces, even institutionalized ones, into collaborative spaces.
U2 - 10.4324/9780429329425-16
DO - 10.4324/9780429329425-16
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780367350451
T3 - Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
SP - 197
EP - 216
BT - Collaborative Spaces at Work
A2 - Montanari, Fabrizio
A2 - Mattarelli, Elisa
A2 - Scapolan, Anna Chiara
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon
ER -