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Creating a Learning Commons: A Practical Guide for Librarians also includes useful case studies, interviews, descriptions of equipment and new technologies, and models for planning, marketing, and assessing projects.
List of contents
Foreword by Donald Beagle
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Learning Commons Library Spaces
Chapter 2. Building Your Foundation
Chapter 3. Partnerships and Strategies for Successful Programming
Chapter 4. Architects, Designers, Contractors, and Budgets Oh My!
Chapter 5. Strategic Planning for Learning Commons Technology
Chapter 6. Choosing What Technology Goes into a Learning Commons
Chapter 7. Marketing and Promotion
Chapter 8. Teaching and Learning in a Learning Commons Space: Reference Services, Instruction, and Outreach
Chapter 9. Assessing Learning Commons Spaces and Reviewing Lessons Learned
Chapter 10. Successful Learning Commons Partnerships
Chapter 11. The Future of Library Learning Commons Spaces
Appendix A. Learning Commons Survey
Appendix B. Marketing Action Plan
About the author
Lynn D. Lampert is the coordinator of information literacy and instruction at California State University (CSU)-Northridge. Lynn served as a key member of the Oviatt Library's Learning Commons Planning Team, which managed the $2.5 million learning commons renovation project. Lynn also helped develop and design the learning commons's new makerspace area, which opened to students in the fall of 2014.
Coleen Meyers-Martin is coordinator of outreach services at the California State University (CSU)-Northridge's Oviatt Library. In 2013, she coordinated a multifaceted marketing campaign that promoted the Library's $2.5 million learning commons renovation to students, faculty, staff, and community members.
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Creating a Learning Commons: A Practical Guide for Librarians also includes useful case studies, interviews, descriptions of equipment and new technologies, and models for planning, marketing, and assessing projects.
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Creating a Learning Commons provides a comprehensive outline of the issues to take into consideration whether your library is renovating an existing space or embarking upon a new building project. The strength of the book lies in the variety of real-world examples and advice drawn from the authors’ own institutional experience, as well as surveys and interviews with experts such as project managers and architects.
