Beijing Library: Reimagining the future of reading
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Beijing Library: Reimagining the future of reading
This is a powerhouse of knowledge. Located along the banks of the Grand Canal , this new cultural landmark in the Chinese capital is reshaping the imagination of reading with one of the world's largest single reading spaces and China's largest intelligent automated book storage system. Multilingual translation services and a wide range of smart facilities allow reading to transcend borders.
Here, technology breathes new life into culture, as the ancient and the modern converge. Follow China Daily journalist Erik Nilsson into the Beijing Library in Tongzhou and discover where intelligence meets aesthetics.
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If you care to watch this you will see and learn about the most modern "space age" library in the world.
Nobody interested? - it's just the most amazing library in the world.
I dont see any evidence that the people of NT are interested in any library.
I'm not a great expert in libraries myself. Probably the most interesting one I ever was in was the Harvard Law Library - I was given a tour of it by its head librarian. But I am interested in many things that are held out to be the best, most advanced, most special one of its kind.
I watched the video. Its a very cool looking, futuristic looking place. But once you start reading a book all libraries are the same.
True enough, but then there are the amazing technological advances, like having the book mechanically delivered to you where you're seated.
I think having designated reading spaces in society are important and this library is clearly more than just a library. I think what they're attempting here, for the library to be a hub of learning connecting people to every different facet from e-books, paper books, online, social media, VR, audio books, art and music, is a wonderful idea. Perhaps libraries can be resurrected and relevant again as sadly libraries are dying off in many places. Consolidating the books into multi-media hubs like this seems only logical if we are to keep an important connection to the printed page and it's import to humanity. And not only that, but the architecture and open flowing nature of this Beijing library is simply stunning.
The library was for me a special place when I was a little kid. My mother woutd take me to the main library in the city where I was born and grew up ard read to me the Walter Brooks "Freddy the Pig" books, and that started me on my way - to where I majored in English Literature for my B.A. Today, an iPhone is every kid's library (until their governent controls or bans their use), and they don't know what they're missing or where they're heading, and I'm not so sure about their future.