Resources

Articles about Learning Commons/Information Commons from the last 5 years:

Case Studies
General
Pedagogy
Programming
Space
Technology

Case Studies

Adams, Nancy E., and James B. Young. “Users Learning from Users: Building a Learning Commons from the Ground Up at a New University.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 149-59. Print.

Allen, David B., et al. “K-State’s Distributed Learning Commons: Achieving Long-Term Sustainability through Strategic Partnerships.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 160-76. Print.

Bailey, D. Russell. “Providence College Library + Commons: A Case Study.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 75-93. Print.

Barratt, Caroline Carson and Elizabeth White. “Case Study for a Larger Research Institution Library: The University of Georgia’s Miller Learning Center.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 135-144. Print.

Barratt, Caroline Cason, Phoebe Acheson, and Emily Luken. “Reference Models in the Electronic Library: The Miller Learning Center at the University of Georgia.” Reference Services Review 38.1 (2010): 44-56. Print.

Beatty, Susan. “Information Commons, University of Calgary: Providing Service through Collaboration and Integration.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 145-59. Print.

Bennett, Charlie, et al. “Clough Commons Research Study: Student Use Modes at the Clough Commons.” Presented in the Clough Commons, room 102 at the Georgia Institute of Technology on August 7, 2013. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Presentation.

Bickley, Rachel, and Sheila Corrall. “Student perceptions of staff in the information commons: a survey at the University of Sheffield.” Reference Services Review 39.2 (2011): 223-243. Print.

Bodnar, Jon. “Information and Learning Commons, Faculty and Student Benefits.” New Library World 110.9 (2009): 403-9. Print.

Bonnand, Sheila and Tim Donahue. “What’s in a Name? The Evolving Library Commons Concept.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 17.2/3 (2010): 225-233. Print.

Brown-Sica, Margaret, Karen Sobel, and Erika Rogers. “Participatory Action Research in Learning Commons Design Planning.” New Library World 111.7 (2010): 302-19. Print.

Bryant, Joanna, Graham Matthews, and Graham Walton. “Academic libraries and social and learning space A case study of Loughborough University Library, UK.” Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 41.1 (2009): 7-18. Print.

Carter, Vikki J. “Not Buying into “Out with the Old, in with the New”: Perspectives on Tradition and Innovation in the Library.” Alki 26.1 (2010): 15-. Print.

Daniels, William, Colin Darch and Karin de Jager. “The Research Commons: a new Creature in the Library?” Performance Measurement and Metrics 11.2 (2010): 116-130. Print.

Dechert, Renee, et al. “Exploring the learning commons: Tutoring moves into Hinckley Library.” College & Research Libraries News 75.3 (2014): 125-146. Print.

Donkai, Saori, Atsushi Toshimori, and Chieko Mizoue. “Academic libraries as learning spaces in Japan: Toward the development of learning commons.” The International Information & Library Review 43.4 (2011): 215-220. Print.

Dryden, Nancy H., and Shelley Goldstein. “Regional Campus Learning Commons: Assessing to Meet Student Needs.” Journal of Library Administration 53.5/6 (2013): 293-322. Print.

Dryden, Nancy H., and Shelley G. Roseman. “Learning Commons: Addressing the Needs of Commuter Regional Campuses.” Journal of Library Administration 50.5 (2010): 581-601. Print.

Frank, Jacqueline, et al. “Library Commons Assessment Report.” Presented to the Montana State University Library System, January 11. 2013, Montana State University, Montana, USA. Presentation.

Haas, Leslie M., and Alison Stillwell. “The Library-Information Technology Partnership: Challenges and Solutions.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 51-66. Print.

Harvey, Eugene J., and Maureen Lindstrom. “LibQUAL+® and the Information Commons Initiative at Buffalo State College: 2003 to 2009.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8.2 (2013): 68-84. Print.

Henrich, Kristen J. “Leveraging Strategic Institutional Partnerships: Creating a Phased Learning Commons at the University of Idaho Library.” Collaborative Librarianship 5.4 (2013): 228-234. Print.

Huang, Yu-Qing, et al. “A Study of the Reader Recommendation Service Based on Learning Commons for Satisfaction of ePortfolio Users.” Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing. Springer Netherlands, 2014. 275-281. Print.

Hussong-Christian, Uta, Hannah Gascho Rempel, and Anne-Marie Deitering. “The Library as Learning Commons: Rethink, Reuse, Recycle.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 273-86. Print.

Jones, D. Y., et al. “Simple Marketing Techniques and Space Planning to Increase Circulation.” Collection Management 36.2 (2011): 107-18. Print.

Koelker, June, Kerry Bouchard, and James Lutz. “Development of the Information Commons at TCU: A Case Study.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 95-115. Print.

Lewis, Martin. “The University of Sheffield Library Information Commons: A Case Study.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 161-78. Print.

Lilburn, Jeff. “Commercial Social Media and the Erosion of the Commons: Implications for Academic Libraries.” Libraries and the Academy 12.2 (2012): 139-153. Print.

McCarthy, Cheryl A., and Danuta A. Nitecki. “An Assessment of the Bass Library as a Learning Commons Environment.” 2010 LIBRARY ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE. 2010. Presentation.

McKay, Devin. “Spinning Straw into Gold: A Community College Library’s Twenty First Century Transformation.” Community & Junior College Libraries 17.1 (2011): 1-6. Print.

McKee, Nathan P. “A Multifaceted Approach to the Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Commons Services and Resources.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 297-309. Print.

Middleton, Cheryl. “From an Information Commons to a Learning Commons: Twelve Years of Change and Innovation at the OSU Valley Library.” OLA Quarterly 16.2 (2010): 7-12. Print.

Newhouse, Ria. “Lessons Learned.” Louisiana Libraries 73.3 (2011): 24-7. Print.

Seeholzer, Jamie, and Joseph A. Salem. “The Learning Library: A Case Study of the Evolution from Information Commons to Learning Commons at Kent State University Libraries.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 287-96. Print.

Sinclair, Bryan. “The Blended Librarian in the Learning Commons New Skills for the Blended Library.” College & Research Libraries News 70.9 (2009): 504-516. Print.

Somerville, Mary M., and Navjit Brar. “From Information to Learning Commons: Campus Planning Highlights.” New Library World 111.5 (2010): 179-88. Print.

Spencer, John S., and Christopher Millson-Martula. “Library Transformations: From Information Commons to Learning Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 127-9. Print.

Stark, Megan, and Sue Samson. “Organized Spontaneity: The Learning Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 260-72. Print.

Stoffle, Carla J., and Cheryl Cuillier. “Student-Centered Service and Support: A Case Study of the University of Arizona Libraries’ Information Commons.” Journal of Library Administration 50.2 (2010): 117-34. Print.

Strand, Ted. “All-Digital Information Commons Reduces Energy Consumption.” American Libraries 41.8 (2010): 19-20. Print.

Sullivan, Rebecca M. “Common Knowledge: Learning Spaces in Academic Libraries.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 130-48. Print.

Sult, Leslie, and Mary Evangeliste. “We are all Librarians: Training in the Ever Evolving Information Commons.” Reference Librarian 50.3 (2009): 248-58. Print.

Whitchurch, Michael J. “Planning an Information Commons.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 39-50. Print.

Wiestler, Sonja. “Lernort Bibliothek: Ein Neues Konzept Füür Die Bibliothek Der Universitäät Konstanz. (German).” Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis 34.2 (2010): 153-62. Print.

Wong, Gabrielle K W. “Piloting an Information Commons at HKUST Library.” Reference Services Review 37.2 (2009): 178-89. Print.

Zabel, Diane, et al. “The role of the academic reference librarian in the learning commons.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 50.2 (2010): 108-113. Print.

Zink, Steven D., et al. “The @One Service Environment: Information Services for and by the Millennial Generation.” Reference Services Review 38.1 (2010): 108-24. Print.

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General

Forrest, Charles, and Martin Halbert. A Field Guide to the Information Commons. Lanham, M.D.: Scarecrow Press, 2009. Print.

Forrest, Charles. “Information, Learning and Research: Evolution of the Academic Library Commons.” Georgia Library Quarterly 49.2 (2012): 10-13. Print.

Gould, Thomas H.P., “Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching and Research.” Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2011. Print.

Harland, Pamela Colburn. The learning commons: Seven simple steps to transform your library. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.

Heitsch, Elizabeth K., and Robert P. Holley. “The information and learning commons: some reflections.” New Review of Academic Librarianship 17.1 (2011): 64-77. Print.

Held, Tim. “The Information and Learning Commons: A Selective Guide to Sources.” Reference Services Review 37.2 (2009): 190-206. Print.

Jennings, Eric. “The Relevance of Academic Libraries in the Twenty-First Century.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 20.1 (2013): 107-116. Print.

Lippincott, Joan K. “Information commons: Meeting millennials’ needs.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 27-37. Print.

Steiner, Heidi M., and Robert P. Holley. “The past, present, and possibilities of commons in the academic library.” The Reference Librarian 50.4 (2009): 309-332. Print.

Whitchurch, Michael J. “Evaluating Group use of the Information Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 16.1 (2009): 71-82. Print.

Wong, Gabrielle K. W. “Information Commons Help Desk Transactions Study.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 36.3 (2010): 235-41. Print.

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Pedagogy

Beagle, Donald. “From Learning Commons to Learning Outcomes: Assessing Collaborative Services and Spaces.” (Research Bulletin). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research, September 27, 2011. Print.

Beagle, Donald. “The Emergent Information Commons: Philosophy, Models, and 21st Century Learning Paradigms.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 7-26. Print.

Beetham, Helen, and Rhona Sharpe, eds. Rethinking pedagogy for a digital age: Designing for 21st century learning. Routledge, 2013. Print.

Bennett, Charlie, and Jon Bodnar. “Academic engagement in the library commons.” Public Services Quarterly 6.1 (2010): 43-47. Print.

Browndorf, Margaret. “Student Library Ownership and the Building of the Communicative Commons.” Journal of Library Administration 54.2 (2014): 77-93. Print.

Koppenborg, Paul and Damian Lodge. “Forgotten Anything: Library Staff Competencies for the Learning Commons.” Library Management 31.3 (2010): 169-185. Print.

Lippincott, Joan K. “Learning Spaces: Involving Faculty to Improve Pedagogy.” EDUCAUSE Review 44.2 (2009): 16-8. Print.

Mirtz, Ruth. “From Information to Learning: Pedagogies of Space and the Notion of the Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 248-59. Print.

Seeholzer, Jamie. “Making it their Own: Creating Meaningful Opportunities for Student Employees in Academic Library Services.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 20.2 (2013): 215-223. Print.

Soini, Nathalie and Julie Mitchell. “Student Involvement for Student Success: Student Staff in the Learning Commons”. Presented at the 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference, May 7-9. 2012, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Print.

Stanfield, Andrea G., and Russell L. Palmer. “Peer-ing into the information commons: Making the most of student assistants in new library spaces.” Reference Services Review 38.4 (2010): 634-646. Print.

Weiner, Sharon A., and John M. Weiner. “Using a student-generated survey to inform planning for a user-focused learning commons.” Education Libraries 33.1 (2010): 10-23. Print.

Weiner, Sharon A., Tomalee Doan, and Hal Kirkwood. “The Learning Commons as a Locus for Information Literacy.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 192-212. Print.

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Programming

Adams, Nancy E., and James B. Young. “Users Learning from Users: Building a Learning Commons from the Ground Up at a New University.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 149-59. Print.

Accardi, Maria T., Memo Cordova, and Kim Leeder. “Reviewing the library learning commons: History, models, and perspectives.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2-3 (2010): 310-329. Print.

Barratt, Caroline Cason, Phoebe Acheson, and Emily Luken. “Reference Models in the Electronic Library: The Miller Learning Center at the University of Georgia.” Reference Services Review 38.1 (2010): 44-56. Print.

Beagle, Donald. “The Emergent Information Commons: Philosophy, Models, and 21st Century Learning Paradigms.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 7-26. Print.

Birdsall, William F. “Learning Commons to Communicative Commons: Transforming the Academic Library.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 234-47. Print.

Bodnar, Jon. “Information and Learning Commons, Faculty and Student Benefits.” New Library World 110.9 (2009): 403-9. Print.

Bury, Sophie, Ron Sheese, and Rebecca Katz. “Literacies—Information and beyond: The Learning Commons and the embedding of academic literacy instruction in disciplinary courses. Presented at WILU Conference, May 8-10 2013. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.” (2013). Presentation.

Calvo, Jennifer. “Perserving the Vitality of Learning Commons Spaces Through Dynamic Programming: The Learning Commons After Dark Series.” Against the Grain 21.4 (2009): 38-41. Print.

Fox, Robert; Cathy Carpenter and Ameet Doshi. “Cool Collaborations: Designing a Better Library Experience.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 18.2/3 (2011): 213-227. Print.

Halbert, Martin. “The Information Commons: A Platform for Innovation.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 67-74. Print.

Hanson, Ardis. “Evaluating a learning/research commons, using an evidence-based library and information practice model.” Workshop conducted at the meeting of the Association of Caribbean, University, Research, and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL), San Juan, Puerto, Rico. June 2013. Print.

Heitsch, Elizabeth K., and Robert P. Holley. “The Information and Learning Commons: Some Reflections.” New Review of Academic Librarianship 17.1 (2011): 64-77. Print.

Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke, and Melissa Autumn Wong. “From Services-Centered to Student-Centered: A “Wellness Wheel” Approach to Developing the Library as an Integrative Learning Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 213-24. Print.

Holmgren, Richard A. “Learning Commons: A Learning-Centered Library Design.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 177-91. Print.

Leeder, Christopher. “Surveying the Commons: Current Implementation of Information Commons Web Sites.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 35.6 (2009): 533-47. Print.

Massis, Bruce E. “The Academic Library Becomes the Academic Learning Commons.” New Library World 111.3 (2010): 161-3. Print.

McKee, Nathan P. “A Multifaceted Approach to the Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Commons Services and Resources.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 17.2/3 (2010): 297-309. Print.

Somerville, Mary M., and Navjit Brar. “From Information to Learning Commons: Campus Planning Highlights.” New Library World 111.5 (2010): 179-88. Print.

Steiner, Heidi M., and Robert P. Holley. “The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Commons in the Academic Library.” Reference Librarian 50.4 (2009): 309-32. Print.

Sult, Leslie, and Mary Evangeliste. “We are all Librarians: Training in the Ever Evolving Information Commons.” Reference Librarian 50.3 (2009): 248-58. Print.

Villa, Julie. “Positioning Collegiate Libraries for the Future: Creating a Distinctive Commons Learning to Meet Student Population Needs.” Planning for Higher Education 41.1 (2012): 310. Print.

Weiner, Sharon A., Tomalee Doan, and Hal Kirkwood. “The Learning Commons as a Locus for Information Literacy.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 192-212. Print.

Weiner, Sharon A., and John M. Weiner. “Using a Student-Generated Survey to Inform Planning for a User-Focused Learning Commons.” Education Libraries 33.1 (2010): 10-23. Print.

Wolfe, Judith A., Ted Naylor, and Jeanetta Drueke. “The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian in the Learning Commons.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 50.2 (2010): 108-13. Print.

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Space

Accardi, Maria T., Memo Cordova, and Kim Leeder. “Reviewing the Library Learning Commons: History, Models, and Perspectives.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 310-29. Print.

Beagle, Donald. “The emergent information commons: Philosophy, models, and 21st century learning paradigms.” Journal of Library Administration 52.6-7 (2012): 518-537. Print.

Brown-Sica, Margaret; Karen Soebel and Erika Rogers. “Participatory Action Research in Learning Commons Design Planning.” New Library World 111.7/8 (2010): 302-319. Print.

Caniano, William T. “Academic Library Design: A Commons Or an Athenaeum.” Library Philosophy & Practice 12.2 (2010): 1-9. Print.

Donkai, Saori, Atsushi Toshimori, and Chieko Mizoue. “Academic libraries as learning spaces in Japan: Toward the development of learning commons.” The International Information & Library Review 43.4 (2011): 215-220. Print.

Fox, Robert, and Ameet Doshi. “Longitudinal Assessment of “User-Driven” Library Commons Spaces.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8.2 (2013): 85-95. Print.

Harper, Krista and Students in Anthropology 397AR, Spring 2014. “Participatory Design Ethnography in the Learning Commons: Research in Progress.” UMass Libraries. Du Bois Library, Amherst, Massachusetts. April 2014. Print.

Jones, D. Y., et al. “Simple Marketing Techniques and Space Planning to Increase Circulation.” Collection Management 36.2 (2011): 107-18. Print.

Larsen, Svend. “From Reference Area to Learning Common – Modernising University Library Space.” Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis 34.3 (2010): 337-41. Print.

Leeder, Kim. “Vision and Visionaries: A Whole Bunch of Questions to Start Off 2010 (as if You Didn’t have enough of those Already).” In the Library with the Lead Pipe (2010): 1-5. Print.

Lippincott, Joan K. “Information Commons: Meeting Millennials’ Needs.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 27-37. Print.

Massis, Bruce E. “The academic library becomes the academic learning commons.” New Library World 111.3/4 (2010): 161-163. Print.

Mirtz, Ruth. “From Information to Learning: Pedagogies of Space and the Notion of the Commons.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 248-59. Print.

Nitecki, Danuta A. “Space assessment as a venue for defining the academic library.” Presented at the Library Assessment Conference, 2011. Baltimore, Maryland. Print.

Peterson, Nicole Kay, “The developing role of the university library as a student learning commons: Implications to the interior spaces within” (2013). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 13186. Print.

Sullivan, Rebecca M. “Common Knowledge: Learning Spaces in Academic Libraries.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 17.2 (2010): 130-48. Print.

Turner, Arlee; Bernadette Welch; and Sue Reynolds. “Learning Spaces in Academic Libraries: A Review of the Evolving Trends.” Australian Academic and Research Libraries 44.4 (2013): 226-324. Print.

Wiestler, Sonja. “Lernort Bibliothek: Ein Neues Konzept Füür Die Bibliothek Der Universitäät Konstanz. (German).” Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis 34.2 (2010): 153-62. Print.

Yoo-Lee, EunYoung; Tae Heon Lee and Velez LaTesha. “Planning Library Spaces and Services for Millennials: an Evidence Based Approach.” Library Management 34.6/7 (2013): 498-511. Print.

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Technology

Carter, Vikki J. “Not Buying into “Out with the Old, in with the New”: Perspectives on Tradition and Innovation in the Library.” Alki 26.1 (2010): 15-. Print.

Eichenlaub, Naomi, et al. “Project iPad: Investigating tablet integration in learning and libraries at Ryerson University.” Computers in Libraries 31.7 (2011). Print.

Halbert, Martin. “The Information Commons: A Platform for Innovation.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 67-74. Print.

Huang, Yu-Qing, et al. “A Study of the Reader Recommendation Service Based on Learning Commons for Satisfaction of ePortfolio Users.” Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing. Springer Netherlands, 2014. 275-281. Print.

Gilroy, Marilyn. “Information Commons Features Cutting Edge Conservation and Technology.” Education Digest 76.7 (2011): 59-62. Print.

Haas, Leslie M., and Alison Stillwell. “The Library-Information Technology Partnership: Challenges and Solutions.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 51-66. Print.

Leeder, Christopher. “Surveying the Commons: Current Implementation of Information Commons Web Sites.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 35.6 (2009): 533-47. Print.

Lippincott, Joan K. “Information Commons: Meeting Millennials’ Needs.” Journal of Library Administration 50.1 (2010): 27-37. Print.

—. “A Mobile Future for Academic Libraries.” Reference Services Review 38.2 (2010): 205-13. Print.

—. “Learning Spaces: Involving Faculty to Improve Pedagogy.” EDUCAUSE Review 44.2 (2009): 16-8. Print.

Mestre, Lori S. “Media Commons: The Process and Value of Centralizing Services.” Library Hi Tech 31.4 (2013): 669-687. Print.

Middleton, Cheryl. “From an Information Commons to a Learning Commons: Twelve Years of Change and Innovation at the OSU Valley Library.” OLA Quarterly 16.2 (2010): 7-12. Print.

Mihailidis, Paul, and Valerie Diggs. “From Information Reserve to Media Literacy Learning Commons: Revisiting the 21st Century Library as the Home for Media Literacy Education.” Public Library Quarterly 29.4 (2010): 279-292. Print.

Schweik, Charles M., and Robert English. “Preliminary steps toward a general theory of Internet-based collective-action in digital information commons: Findings from a study of open source software projects.” International Journal of the Commons 7.2 (2013): 234-254. Print.

Springer, Christopher D. “Avoiding a Tragedy: Information Literacy and the Tragedy of the Digital Commons.” Library Philosophy & Practice 11.1 (2009): 1-4. Print.

Sun, Hao-Chang, et al. “Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era.” New Library World 112.7/8 (2011): 321-333. Print.

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