{"id":29,"date":"2026-07-04T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:15:09","slug":"reflection-on-hyperlinked-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/2026\/07\/04\/reflection-on-hyperlinked-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection on Hyperlinked Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00\">\u201cThe public library as a societal institution is an important response to the reading crisis, but no institution can carry the task alone. The crisis calls for a much broader approach, where the collaboration between institutions and actors (libraries, daycare centers, schools, etc.), and citizens\u2019 daily lives (families, friends, associations, etc.) is unfolded and strengthened so that we can truly lay the foundation for a strong reading culture in Denmark\u201d (Lauersen, 2025).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;font-size: 14pt\">A lot of the readings in module 5, Hyperlinked Communities, gave some really great examples of the different ways libraries and library workers have implemented to better meet and serve the needs of their communities. Each article I read, whether it was about book mobiles (Lauersen, 2025) or after-hour movie nights (Hasan, 2022), kept me thinking up new ways to improve these initiatives. I was really inspired by Warner\u2019s (2024) \u00a0idea of library-led alternative service delivery strategies, which improve physical, social, and digital infrastructure. Thinking of ways to further meet people\u2019s social, mental, and health needs has been something I\u2019ve been stuck on and excited about since module 1. Referencing my thoughts from my assignment X blog post, I have decided, for this module, to share some of the ideas I thought of while reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30\" src=\"http:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-scaled.png 683w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-80x300.png 80w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-273x1024.png 273w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-768x2880.png 768w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-410x1536.png 410w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/07\/Positive-Thinking-to-Increase-COmmunity-Connectedness-546x2048.png 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;font-size: 14pt\">I leave you with this video.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cnbc\/video\/7446832769038159147\" data-video-id=\"7446832769038159147\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@cnbc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cnbc?refer=embed\">@cnbc<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>CNBC\u2019s Gabrielle Fonrouge reports on a growing trend of developers converting shopping <a title=\"malls\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/malls?refer=embed\">#malls<\/a> into <a title=\"apartment\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/apartment?refer=embed\">#apartment<\/a> buildings.  At The Arcade mall in Providence, Rhode Island, developers came in and built 48 micro units on the second and third floors. Dozens of tenants now live there, and real estate investors have bought other units to rent on Airbnb.  Watch the full video at the <a title=\"linkinbio\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/linkinbio?refer=embed\">#linkinbio<\/a> or tap the link on screen. <a title=\"cnbc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cnbc?refer=embed\">#CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - cnbc - cnbc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-cnbc-7446832733412068139?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; cnbc &#8211; cnbc<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe public library as a societal institution is an important response to the reading crisis, but no institution can carry the task alone. The crisis calls for a much broader approach, where the collaboration between institutions and actors (libraries, daycare centers, schools, etc.), and citizens\u2019 daily lives (families, friends, associations, etc.) is unfolded and strengthened so that we can truly lay the foundation for a strong reading culture in Denmark\u201d (Lauersen, 2025). A lot of the readings in module 5, Hyperlinked Communities, gave some really great examples of the different ways libraries and library workers have implemented to better meet and serve the needs of their communities. Each article I read, whether it was about book mobiles (Lauersen, 2025) or after-hour movie nights (Hasan, 2022), kept me thinking up new ways to improve these initiatives. I was really inspired by Warner\u2019s (2024) \u00a0idea of library-led alternative service delivery strategies, which improve physical, social, and digital infrastructure. Thinking of ways to further meet people\u2019s social, mental, and health needs has been something I\u2019ve been stuck on and excited about since module 1. Referencing my thoughts from my assignment X blog post, I have decided, for this module, to share some of the ideas I thought of while reading. I leave you with this video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":844,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hypercelerys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}