A Review of the ODAP Project: 1980–1985

Digital libraries and design for social engagement

“…The public library is presented here as a catalyst for democratic involvement and the digital library should serve as an extension of the view. According to Audunson, "… democracy in a multicultural context is dependent on low-intensive meeting places where we can see one another across the high-intensive arenas on which we engage…" (Audunson, 2005). Regarding the digital context of libraries today, it is possible for individualization and fragmentation.…”