Comments on: Glasses… or stryofoam mugs http://remainingrelevant.net/remaining/145 Why stop dreaming when you wake up? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: herzogbr http://remainingrelevant.net/remaining/145#comment-1296 herzogbr Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:36:30 +0000 http://localhost/remainingrelevant/?p=145#comment-1296 A similar idea was also put forth by Kevin Smith in his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerks:_The_Animated_Series" rel="nofollow">Clerks: The Animated Series</a>. In one episode, someone opens "The Convenient Store of the Future," which has, among other things, a book department (with its own miniature international coffee bar), and an international coffee bar (with its own miniature book department [which has its own tiny coffee bar {plus a selection of teeny tiny adult magazines}]). Perhaps we could use this model for "The Library of the Future" (I like the name, anyway). We already have bookmobiles - why not a book cart or booth in a bar, coffee house, mall, laundromat, town festival, or other public gathering place? People could sign up for cards on the spot, check out books, or ask reference questions - or in a fixed location, such as a coffee bar, there could even be a self-checkout machine. Make popular spots around town our branch libraries, so the library becomes part of daily community life rather than just a side trip while out running errands. A similar idea was also put forth by Kevin Smith in his Clerks: The Animated Series. In one episode, someone opens “The Convenient Store of the Future,” which has, among other things, a book department (with its own miniature international coffee bar), and an international coffee bar (with its own miniature book department [which has its own tiny coffee bar {plus a selection of teeny tiny adult magazines}]).

Perhaps we could use this model for “The Library of the Future” (I like the name, anyway). We already have bookmobiles - why not a book cart or booth in a bar, coffee house, mall, laundromat, town festival, or other public gathering place? People could sign up for cards on the spot, check out books, or ask reference questions - or in a fixed location, such as a coffee bar, there could even be a self-checkout machine. Make popular spots around town our branch libraries, so the library becomes part of daily community life rather than just a side trip while out running errands.

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