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The focus is on understanding user motivations, behaviour, and activities in the library when there is no programmed agenda.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study analyses gathered data over five months of ethnographic research at The Edge \u2013 a \u201cbookless\u201d library space at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, that is explicitly dedicated to coworking, social learning, peer collaboration, and creativity around digital culture and technology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results present five personas that embody people's main usage patterns as well as motivations, attitudes, and perceived barriers to social learning. 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