50 results for "Learning Commons"
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Vision and Visionaries: A Whole Bunch of Questions to Start off 2010 (As if you didn’t have enough of those already)
During the last few frenzied weeks of the academic semester last month I came across an article I reviewed quickly and put aside, but which has lingered in the back of my mind despite the fact that I can’t seem to find it again. Essentially, as a I recall, the article addressed the manner in [...]
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Lists of Opportunities: My Experience as a School Librarian During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this paper I share my experiences, opinions and perspectives of running a school library during the COVID-19 pandemic. I discuss the difficulties and problems I have encountered, but also the opportunities for creativity that have presented themselves. From experiencing government cutbacks to…
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Beta Spaces as a Model for Recontextualizing Reference Services in Libraries
…Meanwhile, libraries are also engaged in the development of collaborative learning spaces—often rich with technology, such as makerspaces and learning labs—but these spaces are often […]
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Come Together, Right Now, Virtually
…with the coordinator for student life and diversity to develop a virtual learning commons that supports intellectual, social, physical, and mental wellbeing. This column will explore the process of creating the Virtual Learning Commons and provide reflections for how this tool has become a…
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Review of Designing Libraries for the 21st Century
Review of Hickerson, H. T., Lippencott, J. K., and Crema, L., eds. (2022) Designing libraries for the 21st century. Association of College and Research Libraries.
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Academic libraries as informal learning spaces in architectural educational environment
…suitability to fulfil the Architecture department students’ contemporary learning needs. To capture the importance of the academic library as an informal learning space (ILS), the research methodology draws on relevant literature analysis, observation, and a survey conducted among students to…
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Non-traditional Learning and Rediscovery of Spatial Value—A Summary of Studies on " University Library Learning Space" at Home and Abroad
[Purpose / Significance] The construction of university library learning space is helpful to promote the better adaption to non-traditional learning methods for a university library, which can realize the rediscovery of space value in the library. [Method / Process] This paper uses the related…
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Questionnaire Survey Analysis of User Satisfaction with Experience in Dah Hsian Seetoo Library
…The key principles of the design and planning of this new library are: Learning Commons, Special Collections and Diverse Resources. However, survey results show that users believe quiet reading space and library circulation service are still the essential functions. The second popular feature is a…
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Space Use in the Commons: Evaluating a Flexible Library Environment
Abstract Objective – This article evaluates the usage and user experience of the Herman B Wells Library’s Learning Commons, a newly renovated technology and learning centre that provides services and spaces tailored to undergraduates’ academic needs at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB). Methods…
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Editorial Thoughts: Rise of the Innovation Commons
…served. Framed against the historical development of the library commons and technological support, this piece introduces the concept of an innovation commons as a natural evolution for libraries, from information through learning commons, to the organic development and incorporation of library…
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It’s Not Just for Public Libraries: An Academic Library’s Journey to Become a PA Forward Star Library
…to the literacies. This article describes how the Seraph Foundation Learning Commons at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences supported each of the five basic literacies with current and new programming to earn silver star status.
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Customizing Summon for a Specific User Population: A Health Sciences Library’s Experience
The Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons (HHSL) tailored their discovery solution, Ex Libris Summon, to better meet the needs of its health sciences users. The customizations encourage more sophisticated searching behaviors and improves usability of the library website for…
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User-focused, User-led: Space Assessment to Transform a Small Academic Library
…– Seating sweeps showed consistent use of the library's main level Learning Commons and upper level quiet spaces; the library’s multipurpose lower level is under-utilized. Students use the main level of the library for collaborative learning, socializing, reading, and computer use. Students use the…
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Unearthing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Self and Practice
Bringing the principles and characteristics of the scholarship of teaching and learning into my university classroom has helped me support the development of teaching as scholarly activity for my students while cementing my own commitment in this regard. These students are preservice teachers, who…
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Das deutsche wissenschaftliche Bibliothekswesen jenseits der Bibliothek 2.0 – Zukunft jetzt gestalten
…possible solutions will be identified (concerning acquisition, catalogue, learning commons, information literacy, reference, meta data, organisation, staff assignment and professional training).
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Analisis business model canvas pada perpustakaan Institut Bisnis dan Informatika Stikom Surabaya dalam meningkatkan kualitas perguruan tinggi
…resources were human, technology and facilities. The key activities were learning commons. The key partnerships were internal and external partners. Conclusions. The Library is committed to realising its vision as a superior information center by providing a complete and fast information and…
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Achieving the 4IR University Library in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
…access to online resources and virtual operations, new library spaces (learning commons, research commons and makerspace), open scholarly communication, research data management, social mediation applications, digital curation and preservation. The challenges militating against effective…
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Penerapan Blended Librarian di Era Digital (Studi Kasus di Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
…dan mengelola sumber referensi; 2) Menyediakan fasilitas yang mendukung learning commons; 3) Mengoptimalkan TIK untuk akses informasi; 4) Sebagai penghubung ke sumber lain di luar universitas; 5) User Education; 6) Literasi Informasi; 7) Pencegahan Plagiarisme; 8) Pelatihan Manajer Referensi; dan…
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Providing Open-Access Know How for Directors of Quantitative and Mathematics Support Centers
…that. A QMaSC may be embedded in a mathematics department, or part of a learning commons, or a stand-alone center. There are hundreds of these centers in the U.S. The new handbook, which is the outgrowth of a 2013 NSF-sponsored, national workshop attended by 23 QMaSC directors from all quarters of…
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Perpustakaan sebagai pusat kegiatan keilmuan dan pergerakan mahasiswa dalam novel Babel
…and Discussion. The library supported students by being portrayed as a learning commons, co-working space, and makerspace; hence it became the scholarly activity center for scholars. Libraries are not portrayed neutral in providing services and tend to limit students’ research scope and public…