Learning Commons: A Learning-Centered Library Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 177-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Holmgren
Keyword(s):  
Library Design ◽  
Learning Commons ◽  
Learning Centered

scholarly journals “A Really Nice Spot”: Evaluating Place, Space, and Technology in Academic Libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Khoo ◽  
Lily Rozaklis ◽  
Catherine Hall ◽  
Diana Kusunoki
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Library Design ◽  
Individual Study ◽  
Place And Space ◽  
Learning Centered ◽  
Occupancy Rates

This article describes a qualitative mixed-method study of students’ perceptions of place and space in an academic library. The approach is informed by Scott Bennett’s model of library design, which posits a shift from a ‘book-centered’ to a technology supported ‘learning centered’ paradigm of library space. Two surveys gathered data on (a) students’ perceptions of places in an academic library, and (b) on occupancy rates in the same library. When triangulated, the results identified two distinct and contrasting models of place: a more traditional model based on individual study near stacks of books, and an emergent technologically-supported group study model. The results suggest that academic libraries should develop new metrics to measure library place and space in settings of technologically-supported group work.

scholarly journals J. Max Bond Jr. and the Appropriation of Modernism in a Library Design in Ghana

Fabrications ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
Allan Stephen Balaara ◽  
Errol Haarhoff ◽  
Alessandro Melis
Keyword(s):  
Library Design

Does Learning-Centered Teaching Promote Grade Improvement?

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 397-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Mostrom ◽  
Phyllis Blumberg
Keyword(s):  
Learning Centered

Extended and experimenting: library learning commons service strategy and sustainability

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Gunter King
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Engagement ◽  
Learning Commons ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Commons

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share a compelling example of a library’s willingness to develop and design itself as an open-ended process. Design/methodology/approach – The case study provides a historical review of the library’s founding design, and an overview of the process and approach to redesign. The study contextualizes the library within current academic library research and literature. Findings – This paper explores the research, engagement and planning process behind the library’s exploration of new models and service configurations. The project was an engaged, inclusive, transparent, library-led process. The commons reestablishes the library as the “nerve center” of the campus. Originality/value – The paper offers an update to a 1969 report, and later book by Robert Taylor on the Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College, designed as a prototype of an academic library. This paper will be of value to academic librarians, administrators, and historians.

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