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    Assignment X: The Library is All Around

    “The library is everywhere” is an overwhelming thought. It’s similar to “God is everywhere,” a typical lesson for young emerging Christians, with the guiding principle that if you look, you will find it. Equally perplexing is Briet’s famous claim that the antelope is a document. These concepts, while excellent fodder to chew on, are difficult to construct a building upon. In fact, they even scare people away. How, then, do we create a modern library?             The ancient Greeks used the agora as their exchange space: ideas, politics, and gossip were traded alongside foods and other goods. It was an open space that was full of information. Today’s library is…