Living History: The Carnegie Library as Place in Ontario/ Histoire vivante : la bibliothèque Carnegie comme lieu en Ontario

Abstract

Re ´sume ´: Cet article re ´examine les re ´sultats d'une e ´tude de cas mene ´e en 2007 portant sur la bibliothe `que Carnegie d'Owen Sound (Ontario), envisage ´e comme lieu dans l'espace. A `partir d'une combinaison de me ´thodes provenant de la recherche historique et des e ´tudes qualitatives de cas, et en utilisant la triade spatiale d'Henri Lefebvre comme cadre d'analyse, le chercheur compare certains aspects de l'espace de la bibliothe `que tels que l'accessibilite ´, la supervision de l'espace de la bibliothe `que, le sentiment de connexion du public avec l'exte ´rieur, et le reflet de la communaute ´. L'article avance que la bibliothe `que Carnegie d'Owen Sound repre ´sente, en tant que lieu, un nouveau mode `le possible de bibliothe `que publique digne d'e ´tude : le ba ˆtiment historique de la bibliothe `que au sein de la communaute ´, un genre de bibliothe `que qui n'est pas simplement un vestige du passe ´aujourd'hui de ´suet, mais au contraire un lieu ouvert et vibrant de vie au coeur de la communaute´.Mots-cle ´s : bibliothe `ques Carnegie, bibliothe `que comme lieu, bibliothe `ques et communaute ´s, ba ˆtiments de bibliothe `que, espace social, e ´tude de cas Abstract: The article reviews findings of a case study conducted in 2007 that examined the Owen Sound (Ontario) Carnegie Library as a place. Drawing from a combination of qualitative case study and historical research methods, and using Henri Lefebvre's spatial triad as an analytical framework, the researcher compares such past and present aspects of the library space as accessibility, supervision of the library space, the patron's sense of connection to the outside, and community reflection. The article suggests that the Owen Sound Carnegie Library as a place represents a possible new type of public library building worthy of further study: the historical library building in the community, a type of library that is not merely an obsolete relic of the past but is instead a vibrant and flexible place within the community.

Are Librarians Ready for Space Transformation? A Systematic Review of Spatial Literacy for Librarians

“…Library services need to be constantly developed, designed, used, and transformed through "space" and so on in order to recreate the services [24]. Based on the internal logic and external form of library space production, it is possible to promote the transformation of library space from a production vehicle for knowledge innovation to production itself, and to promote the generation of various relationships and behaviors of service knowledge innovation in libraries, thus promoting the transformation of library space construction and services [25][26][27].…”