| Description |
xv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Origin and development of the information commons in academic libraries / Elizabeth J. Milewicz -- Information commons: surveying the landscape / Joan K. Lippincott -- Breaking down barriers to working and learning: challenges and issues in designing an information commons / Carole C. Wedge, Janette S. Blackburn -- Technology in the information commons / Richard Bussell -- Case study in customizing information commons environments: Hardin Library / James Duncan -- The Field guide -- Introduction to the Field guide entries -- Afterword / Crit Stuart -- Field guide entry survey form -- Time line of information commons developments |
| Summary |
"Our sources of information, and the practices we use to find it, are in a period of rapid flux. Libraries must respond by selecting, acquiring, and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative services, and building different types of spaces to support changing user behaviors and patterns of learning. A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes an emerging library service model that embodies all three spheres of response: new information resources, collaborative service programs, and redesigned staff and user spaces." |
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"Technology has enabled new forms of information-seeking behavior and scholarship, causing a renovation of libraries that revisits the idea of the "commons" - a public place that is free to be used by everyone. A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes the emergence, growth, and adoption of the concept of the information commons in libraries. This book includes a variety of contributed articles, and descriptive, structured entries for various information commons in libraries across the country and around the world."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Library administration.
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Library science -- Technological innovations.
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Information commons.
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Library Services.
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Computers.
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Universities.
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Libraries.
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Facility Design and Construction.
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Interior Design and Furnishings.
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Information Centers.
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| Author |
Forrest, Charles, 1953-
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Halbert, Martin.
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| LC no. |
2008039244 |
| ISBN |
9780810861008 paperback alkaline paper |
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0810861003 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780810866508 ebook |
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0810866501 ebook |
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