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This very brief concluding chapter reflects on our findings and gestures towards an alternative path for libraries—one that frames them less as an instrument of the smart city then as its antidote, in service to the need to disconnect as well as connect within a digital culture.
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Leorke, D., Wyatt, D. (2019). Coda: Library Futures. In: Public Libraries in the Smart City. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2805-3_5
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