LIBRARIES HAVE INCREASINGLY BECOME A PLACE FROM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERACTION. THE STRUCTURE OF THESE [CONCEPTUALLY AND LITERALLY] REFLECTS THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROCESSES THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN AS WELL AS A TESTING GROUND WITH WHICH TO CELEBRATE AN EVOLVING PUBLIC/PRIVATE SET OF RELATIONSHIPS.
IN THE CONTEMPORARY LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC - PRIVATE BINARY IS ONE THAT IS ACCENTUATED WITH A PHYSICAL DIVISION AND THE CREATION OF CORES: ONE THAT IS OPEN, ACCESSIBLY AND INHERENTLY PUBLIC, AND THE OTHER THAT IS CLOSED, INACCESSIBLE, AND INHERENTLY, PRIVATE. THIS BINARY FAILS TO FACILITATE THE EASY TRANSITION BETWEEN THESE SPACES.
THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO "BREAK" THIS BINARY BY THE FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF TWO INTERLOCKING VOIDS OF CIRCULATION THAT CREATE A SWITCH IN PUBLIC TO PRIVATE PROGRAMS OR AN A-B SWITCH. A DESTRUCTION OF ONE BINARY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER