BookMark - A Compact Library Run by the Community

Digital utopia has resulted in a drastic decline in reading culture, as a result public library are at a critical juncture. Due to excessive use of internet and digital devices the number of readers is drastically declining in public libraries. it's not just reading culture that is at stake, as the readers play a more active and involved role in the community, the decline in reading population parallels with a greater retreat from participation in civic, culture and social life.


CHALLENGE

Libraries have existed since the time people have been keeping records, they are not just a place that is an ocean of knowledge but also a place that depicts our history through its architecture, books, manuscripts etc. Libraries that were once busy are now almost left without readers.

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Cite: "BookMark - A Compact Library Run by the Community" 18 Dec 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/930500/bookmark-a-compact-library-run-by-the-community> ISSN 0719-8884

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