{"product_id":"the-library-beyond-the-book-9780674725034","title":"The Library Beyond the Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey T. Schnapp\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computers \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith textbook readers and digital downloads proliferating, it is easy to imagine a time when printed books will vanish. Such forecasts miss the mark, argue Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles. Future bookshelves will not be wholly virtual, and libraries will thrive--although in a variety of new social, cultural, and architectural forms. Schnapp and Battles combine deep study of the library's history with a record of institutional and technical innovation at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of the digital humanities. They gather these currents in \u003ci\u003eThe Library Beyond the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring what libraries have been in the past to speculate on what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibraries have always been mix-and-match spaces, and remix is their most plausible future scenario. Speculative and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Library Beyond the Book\u003c\/i\u003e explains book culture for a world where the physical and the virtual blend with ever increasing intimacy.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087311265943,"sku":"9780674725034","price":1861.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780674725034.webp?v=1767640258","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-library-beyond-the-book-9780674725034","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}