Functional shift of library: The third space; production

• Main Authors: Fatmawati, Endang, Udasmoro, Wening, Noviani, Ratna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UGM Digital Press 2018-11-01
• Series: Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities
• Online Access: https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/237

<p class="Abstract">The objective of this study is to define<span lang="IN">s </span>production <span lang="IN">space </span>related to functional shift of library <span lang="IN">space</span> into third space. This study refers to the theory of Lefebvre (1991) on social practice. Space in Lefebvre’s terminology is always a social space, so library space is assumed to be a social product. This study used ethnography with <span lang="IN">six</span> digital native users as informants collected purposively. The data collection techniques were observation, interview, and literature study. The result showed that there was functional shift in UGM library <span lang="IN">space</span> which <span lang="IN">were</span> initially only for studying, then they became third space. UGM library <span lang="IN">space</span> as social space is inseparable from and always related with social realities around them. UGM library is an intellectual knowledge institution where library users interact in physical and virtual environments to expand learning and facilitate the creation of new knowledge. In this context, library <span lang="IN">space is</span> produced in such a way to preserve the dominant, so a social space <span lang="IN">only can</span> be produced through socio-historical relation. Third space is a space formed from reproduction space (living space) due to integration on the space experienced and understood. The layout practice in UGM Library <span lang="IN">space</span> showed that digital native users used them for various things.<o:p></o:p></p>