New Library System

How our library will function. We are still changing little bits here and there but this is basically how it functions.

Public Wall

How our public wall is meant to work. We thought that it would be interesting to incorporate a wall that people can interact with while also acting as a noticeboard on which people can post things or use it to access a program to see what exactly is going on within our library at certain times.

Scenario's for Presentation

ContributorAnna Day, Brisbane, Tattoo artist, She wants to share her work to more Brisbane people (and contribute to the subculture library as well.)
She post up his specialty to the library public wall by online system
Once he got enough vote, library will contact her and offer her a space to have a personal exhibition and sharing talk
Library and her arrange the exhibition at public space and the opening ceremony talk at lecture room
At the mean time her work and her talk have been digitalized and added to the library collection
Ref: http://www.fourthousand.com.au/look/blood-and-water-westside-tattoo/
User
Tom, Brisbane teenager, interest in Brisbane indie music
He goes to library and uses the public wall
He search for funky music,
It show some results about archives, wall post, coming programmes and some peoples information
He vote for a sharing from a Brisbane electro-pop musician
He browse the related data from the archives
Finally he interests in a Brisbane musician call Yeo Choong.
He bookmark him into his record
Then he go to Pods to look for more his stuffs
Suggest a contributor
A user knew a product designer Peter who is making special hand-made craft
He goes to library and suggests his work on the public board.
When it got enough vote, the library will contact him.
He is not willing to talk with people, he just want to provide have work to library to digitalize
He is also interview him
Library put his design’s photo, working process and interview video into the library collection

Library System

Basic Layout

Finalising

Concept statement:Document, Save and Share disappearing Knowledge in order to protect minority, and cultural Knowledge
Theme:Subculture
A majority, which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings, and a ‘subculture’ which actively sought a minority style … and interpreted it in accordance with subversive values. —— David Riesman
Subculture should distinguish from countercultures based on the level of immersion in society. If it can get exposure in its society, it would become pop culture, then culture.
Subculture can be interpreted as a starting period of a new culture. If it can get popular, it would survive in a small scale and hard situation. It would die out easily in any moment, it there don’t any document. It just like never happened.
Sharing is very normal and common culture within the youths. It could work if we let young people to share and document their stuff professionally.
If some of it can get popular, we still would keep in the library collection. Because it still can represent it was a subculture particular period.
Library categories:
Literature
Art
Design
Fashion
Music
Film
Living
Oral Collection
Others
Developing plan:It could establish and operate by local young people; we can collaborate with local subculture community of magazine to form the foundation.

Interior Arrangment

This breaks down the spaces within our library into components.

How the Library Will Develop

We decided that we need a sustainable strategy for our library instead of just designing it and leaving it, we want our library to keep on going without us:

Before It Opens: -material will be collected for the library
-there will be a grand opening ceremony

A Year After Opening:-People are invited to create archives
-Numerous events are held at the library
-Promotional activities occur throughout Brisbane

Sustainable Strategy:-the library is constantly collecting and sharing information
- the archives are constantly growing adding interest and attracting people

Scenario's For Library Use

Our group has sent us some diagrams showing how they think the library could work.

Someone Wants To Share With The Library


Someone would like to suggest someone to share

Searching and Browsing

Uses of the Library

After Discussion we have worked out a basic concept. However, constantly having issues with skype and meeting times.

The idea centres around a UGC (User Generated Content) library. This includes a physical library building and a virtual data base. People can post and find the books information by using the data base, then share and get the books from the physical library.

The library will also provide a public place for people to share or exchange information and knowledge physically. Focus on everyone’s participation. People could take this library as a platform to exchange book, sharing digital material, sharing personal opinion and so on.
Technologies are changing humanity rapidly, it is important to let people keep in touch of the community, let them talk face to face.Avoid intellectual property right by one to one sharing

This idea is aimed at personal impartation. Globalization, urbanization and digitalization make people's lives easier, however minority, cultural and traditional knowledge is also disappearing.
User could use this place to teach and share their special knowledge, people could hold a class. For example, if I am willing to teach people something, I can go to library and post this message on the interactive wall. If people are interested in it, and I gather enough people. Then I can hold a class at the library.

This library can be a model to let people to feel and experience today technologies, and tomorrow possibility.

The main purpose of people who are currently using HSW is pass by. We could take this as a advantage, draw people’s attention. Let them stay. Provide a leisure learning environment.


Come to the following conclusion: the library's aim will be to collect and transfer disappearing knowledge. The content will be provided by the users, and will focus on minority,cultural and traditional knowledge.

Site Activites

Understanding of the concept of library

1.a. A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or lending.b. A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.c. A room in a private home for such a collection.d. An institution or foundation maintaining such a collection.
2. A commercial establishment that lends books for a fee.
3. A series or set of books issued by a publisher.
4. A collection of recorded data or tapes arranged for ease of use.
5. A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization: a library of computer programs.
6. Genetics A collection of cloned DNA sequences whose location and identity can be established by mapping the genome of a particular organism

History of Site

The Wharves were built in the 1930′s around the same time that the Story Bridge was built. It was used by Howard Smith Co. Ltd (the company) from mid 1930′s until early 1960′s, during this time storage sheds and other buildings were constructed there. It is a historical site, it shows Brisbane’s past and how we were very reliable on the river when Brisbane was a young settlement.

Location

HSW is in between 3 District, Those are different styles
Brisbane City - Central Business District
NewFarm – Living area
Fortitude Valley – Old District


About the Flood

The site suffered severe flooding in 1974 and in January of this year.(2011)