Tag Archives: library

Library Observatory: an open, community facility for exploring library collections and services

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Matthew Battles

In connection with our emerging Data Artifacts initiative to understand the impacts of data in networked experience, we’re eager to explore some of the most culturally-determined troves of information our society produces: the bibliographic datasets that comprise library online public … Continue reading →

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Data Artifacts

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Yanni Loukissas

The term “artifact” has at least two meanings: From a technical perspective, an artifact is an unintentional pattern in data, arising from processes of collection and management. From a cultural perspective, an artifact is a designed object, with a social … Continue reading →

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Biblio: your friend in the library of the (near) future

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Matthew Battles

Meet Biblio, your library friend. The design-fiction clip above was made by Ben Brady, student (and teaching assistant) the Library Test Kitchen, a course about building the library of the near future taught by metaLAB’s Jeffrey Schnapp and Jeff Goldenson … Continue reading →

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