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Hight, Christopher Bacus, John Michael 2009-06-04T08:39:48Z 2009-06-04T08:39:48Z 2004 Bacus, John Michael. "Datastructures: Physical form for community knowledge." (2004) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17651">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17651</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17651 RICE2760 THESIS ARCH. 2004 BACUS The shape and function of the contemporary library is approaching a structural crisis, as the rate of publication continually increases and the media of publication diversifies and digitizes. In this thesis, I propose a number of alternatives to these looming problems. The proposals result from investigations into basic structural properties of information, especially as expressed in academic research and publication, where meaning is largely the result of linking ("this idea furthers this related idea") and context (as a field of study, a body of work, and institution or research group, etc.). The proposed library system, called a "datastructure" in a melange of cultural practice, public policy, structural system and technological infrastructure. Additional research notes (beyond those contained in this document) are kept in a project wiki that can evolve and adapt as the work requires in the future. You can access this wiki at http://think.rice.edu. 98 pp application/pdf reformatted digital eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. Library science Information science Architecture Datastructures: Physical form for community knowledge Thesis Text Thesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible. Architecture Architecture Rice University Masters Master of Architecture taggedPDF open.access