Reading List

Libraries

• Online

  Library as Infrastructure

  Shannon Mattern

  Places Journal

  Reading room, social service center, innovation lab. How far can we stretch the public library?

• Online

  Little Libraries in the Urban Margins

  Shannon Mattern

  Places Journal

  One of the most promising dimensions of tactical urbanism is the rise of pop-up, guerrilla, and ad-hoc libraries.

• Online

  Public Library: An American Commons

  Photos by Robert Dawson. Text by Josh Wallaert.

  Places Journal

  A photo survey of public libraries across the United States, recognizing their vital role in our communities.

• Online

  Building Data

  Gabrielle Esperdy

  Places Journal

  Metadata as history? The team behind Archipedia grapples with the critical challenges of digital scholarship.

• Online

  Indexing the World of Tomorrow

  Shannon Mattern

  Places Journal

  How the 1939 World’s Fair anticipated our current obsession with urban data science and “smart” cities.