{"id":51,"date":"2026-10-12T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/liamlarkin\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-10-12T04:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:07:32","slug":"51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/liamlarkin\/2026\/10\/12\/51\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection Blog on Hyperlinked Environments (The Hyperlinked Public Library): Let\u2019s Make Some Noise!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s difficult to summarize the myriad changes taking place in American public libraries, but one thing is certain. Libraries are no longer hushed repositories of books. Here at the Central branch in Memphis, ukulele flash mobs materialize and seniors dance the fox trot in upstairs rooms.<\/em><\/p>\n

-Richard Grant<\/em><\/p>\n

(I was going to cut off that quote at \u201cLibraries are no longer hushed repositories of books,\u201d but I loved the imagery of the last sentence about ukulele mobs and fox-trotting old folks too much to exclude it.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a library!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the CYOA module on Hyperlinked Environments, I chose the adventure: The Hyperlinked Public Library. One theme I noticed in many of the resources in that portion was the library being a space for innovation, inspiration, and\u2026noises! The library can indeed be a place for loud noises\u2014musical noises, expressive noises of excitement, enthusiastic children, let\u2019s make some noise.<\/p>\n

\"Loud<\/p>\n

I recently began volunteering at my local library and most of my time there has been spent re-shelving books. This puts me in a great spot to overhear a lot of hilarious things said by children. My favorite was a little boy (probably three or four years old) and his mother who had been walking and browsing around the library for probably half an hour when all of a sudden, the little boy stopped in his tracks and very loudly exclaimed, as if it had finally dawned on him, \u201cMOM! This is a library!\u201d<\/p>\n

Four Spaces Model<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Four Spaces Model from Dorte Skot-Hansen, LIS professor at University of Copenhagen, is particularly inspiring and supports this idea. Skot-Hansen describes a library model for the future that has four overlapping physical and digital spaces: the inspiration space (access to the arts), the learning space (access to educational resources), the meeting space (access to community engagement), and the performative space (access to creative tools and activities).<\/p>\n

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Dorte Skot-Hansen’s Four Spaces Model for libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Music in the Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

Focusing on the last one, the performative space, I\u2019ve loved seeing so many resources about the library being a space for people to explore recording and performing music. I was struck, in the best way, several years ago when I saw this punk rock band The Linda Lindas performing one of their songs at the LA Public Library.<\/p>\n