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Assignment X: Libraries of the 21st Century: Participatory Service and the Danish Four-Space Model
The library of the 21st century is more than books and an old woman with a bun and a “shush!” 21st century libraries are cultural centers, community hubs, and technological centers. This concept is born out of Denmark, the origin of the Four-Space Model of libraries. The Four-Space Model “illustrates a vision for the library. . . showing how the library can be developed from a passive collection of books and other media into an active meeting place to create connections between people, experiences, learning and inspiration” (Skot-Hansen, 2017). The four spaces, the inspiration space, learning space, meeting space, and the performative space, are centered around the idea of participatory…