Public Libraries in the Smart City

Dale Leorke is a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University, Finland. His research examines the intersection of digital technologies and urban policy. Danielle Wyatt is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research examines the public life of culture as expressed across institutions, cultural policy, public space, and everyday practices.

• 1. Introduction: More than Just a Library.- 2. Beacons of the Smart City.- 3. Mixed Metaphors: Between the Head and the Heart of the City.- 4. Metrics, Metrocentricity, and Governance Models: The Uneven Transformation of Public Libraries.- 5. Coda: Connection and Disconnection in a Digital Culture.- Index.