Library as Agent
of [Re]Contextualization
V i k a Z a f r i n
J a c k A m m e r m a n
G a rt h G r e e n
B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y

(image by flickr user elkit)

First order of order:
the objects themselves, arranged
(image by flickr user stevecadman)

Second order of order:
the objects, represented
(image by flickr user blmurch)

Third order of order:
everything is bits
(image by flickr user Dmitry Baranovskiy)

Bonaventure’s Positions of Thought
M.C.Escher, Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935
used without permission

Interdisciplines and the
Subject Area Library

Johann Gottlieb Fichte
(1762-1814)

Programmatic Space

Physical and Virtual Spaces

(images by flickr user Ewan McIntosh)

Meeting Room Renovations at STH

http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/

Collection Development
and Cataloging

Moving Forward: Assessment
and Implementation

Conclusion:
BU and Cyberinfrastructure

Our Cultural Commonwealth:
The report of the American Council of Learned Societies
Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the
Humanities and Social Sciences (2006)

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