...That is, these places aren’t necessarily surging because of the books in the newfangled libraries, but because of everything else these spaces can now offer. And that’s exactly how I thought these places would possibly survive.
...Libraries are seemingly doing what it takes to transform into the communal spaces they always have been, but no longer solely wrapped around the physical book as they have been in the past. They’re morphing to be just as much about technology and classes — even art.