Anne Balsamo said something about libraries becoming a place for people to gather and design and learn. That sounds like a really cool way to do things, but I foresee people like my mother (a high school librarian) hating that with a passion. I wonder how such a library would be seen to people who prefer passive learning or reading for relaxation.
Perhaps instead of taking over a library setting, this sort of "garage for designers" should become its own place - a new type of place - with no connotations of any sort. I'm not sure how that would work, but the concept of a library where there is free exchange of information and books (and later all forms of media) is not really all that old. Surely a new media creation hub could become its own new setting?
However, the end of class discussion sounded a little more realistic and what I was already thinking about - there would have to be a lot of molding to make a space like this fit within each community and make a space that does not take away from information access. It'd be nice if more people were receptive to game playing / game designing / interactive and immersive media as a legitimate form of communication and not just something that wastes time.
Just a thought.