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Infinite Expansion, Unlimited Access, Encompassing Comfort: An Analysis of the Effects of Digitalization in Libraries after 1995
Unendliche Expansion, unbegrenzter Zugang, allumfassender Komfort: Eine Analyse der Auswirkungen von Digitalisierung in Bibliotheken nach 1995
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Abstract The objective of the paper is an analysis of the temporal patterns of digitalization. Looking at a specific field, the built environment, and a specific architectural typology, libraries, we ask what has changed in library architecture after 1995 and what types of patterns of progression are evident... view more
The objective of the paper is an analysis of the temporal patterns of digitalization. Looking at a specific field, the built environment, and a specific architectural typology, libraries, we ask what has changed in library architecture after 1995 and what types of patterns of progression are evident in this context. Up close, digitalization exhibits more nuanced changes than the catch-all-term suggests. We propose three phases of digitalization: (1) a phase revolving around infinite expansion (1995-2005), (2) a phase revolving around unlimited access (2005-2015), and (3) a phase concerned with encompassing comfort (after 2015). With regard to these refiguration processes, we identify both trajectories, turning points and cyclical patterns. Our study highlights the importance of empirical studies and time-sensitive social research in the context of studies on the digital age.... view less
Keywords
library; digitalization; development
Classification
Information and Documentation, Libraries, Archives
Technology Assessment
Free Keywords
temporal patterns; architecture; space; discourses; materiality; practices; refiguration; digital age
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 202-230
Journal
Historical Social Research, 47 (2022) 3
Issue topic
Digital Transformation(s): On the Entanglement of Long-Term Processes and Digital Social Change
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed