Library collections in a narrative and transmedia perspective
Analysis models and interfaces between convergence and divergence
Abstract
The article proposes a model of narrative and transmedia organization of public library collections, based on a broad analysis of the strategies for accessing the contents of the collections in a non-strictly bibliographic and finalized manner (browsing of the shelves, information seeking, selection and research strategies of works of fiction for pleasure reading). The hypothesized model is configured in the conceptual design of a series of divergent integrative interfaces (called Quadri), arranged in the bibliographic Multiverse, which are added to the convergent ones arranged in the bibliographic Universe. In this way, all the triggers highlighted in the scientific literature analyzedare legitimized in the library space, with the aim of making the communication surface of the collections more attractive and seductive, according to methods based on people's information behaviour. The article exemplifies some of these possible Quadri, capable of adequately enhancing the content of the collections, and thus their relevance in defining the identity of the contemporary public library.
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