Library as Agentof [Re]Contextualization

V i k a Z a f r i nJ a c k A m m e r m a n

G a r t h G r e e n

B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y

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First order of order:the objects themselves, arranged

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Second order of order:the objects, represented

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Third order of order:everything is bits

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Bonaventure’s Positions of Thought

M.C.Escher, Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935used without permission

Interdisciplines and theSubject Area Library

Johann Gottlieb Fichte(1762-1814)

Programmatic Space

Physical and Virtual Spaces

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Meeting Room Renovations at STH

http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/

Collection Developmentand Cataloging

Moving Forward: Assessmentand Implementation

Conclusion:

BU and Cyberinfrastructure

Our Cultural Commonwealth:The report of the American Council of Learned Societies

Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for theHumanities and Social Sciences (2006)

Thank you!

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