Themulti-millionpoundnewLibraryofBirming-ham(LoB)willbethemostvisiblesignofthewaythecityisacceptingthedigitalization(数字化)ofeverydaylife.

Settoopenin2013，theLoBisalreadybeginningtotakeshapenexttotheBirminghamRepertoryTheatrewithwhichitwillsharesomeequipment.

Asdigitalmedia(媒介)isimportanttoitsideatheprojectisalreadyprovidingchancesforsomeofthemanysmallnewlocalcompaniesworkingatthenewtechnologies.

BrianGamblestheLoB'sprojectdirectorsaysitisaboutgivingpeopletherighttoolsforlearning"Theaimistomixthephysicalwiththedigital?providing24-hourserviceswhichcanbeusedthroughmanydifferentways.Itisimportanttoenableustoreachmorepeoplemoreeffectively.，，

Thedigitallibrarywillhesaysbeasimportantasthephysicaloneallowingthedistantuseoftheserv?icesmakingsurethatitisneverclosedtothepublic.

EvenbeforetheLoBiscompletethepublichasbeenabletogoonlinetovisittheVirtual(虚拟的)LoB，designedbyBaden.NotonlyhavethepublicbeenabletolearnaboutLoBbutthevirtualonehasalsoenabledthoseworkingontheLoBtounderstandthebuildingandhowitwillworkbeforeitevenopens.

TwoothersmallBirmingham-baseddigitalcompa?niesareworkingontheLoBprojects.Substratadigitaldesigncompanyisdevelopingwhatitcalls"enlargere?ality"project.ItisabouttheuseofanexcitingsmartphoneanimportantpartoftheLoBwhichisintheearlystagesofdevelopment.AndThePeople'sArchiveisanonlinelibraryofhistoricalfiguresofthecitybeingbuiltbyadigitalcontentcompanyinCahootsinwhichuserswillbeencouragedtoaddtoandcommentonthematerial.

Gamblessays"Technologywillenableustomakethelibrary'scontentandservicesopentocitizensasneverbefore.，，

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theideaof .

A.theequipment

B.theproject

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D.thephysicallibrary

2.WhilevisitingtheVirtualLoBthepubliccan.

A.getageneralideaoftheLoB

B.meetmanyworld-famousexperts

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