Learning Commons Information
Norlin Learning Commons
A joint project of the University Libraries and Information Technology Services
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Recent Publications on Information Commons and Related Issues
pdf Beagle, Donald. From Information Commons to Learning Commons. (August, 2004)pdf Bennett, Scott. First Questions for Designing Higher Education Learning Spaces. Journal of Librarianship (January 2007)
pdf Bennett, Scott. Designing for Uncertainty: Three Approaches. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. March 2007. Volume 33, Number 2, pages 165–179
pdf Dallis, Diane and Carolyn Walters. Reference services in the commons environment. Reference Services Review 34:2 (2006): 248-260
pdf Hein, Karen K. Information uncommon: public computing in the life of reference. Reference Services Review 34:1 (2006): 33-42.
pdf Lippincott, Joan K. Linking the information commons to learning. Learning Spaces (Diana G. Oblinger, ed.). EDUCAUSE, 2006: 7.1-7.18.
pdf Malenfant, Chuck. The information commons as a collaborative workspace. Reference Services Review 34:2 (2006): 279-286.
pdf Spencer, Mary Ellen. Evolving a new model: the information commons. Reference Services Review 34:2 (2006): 242-247.
pdf Spencer, Mary Ellen. The state-of-the-art: NCSU Libraries Learning Commons. Reference Services Review Reference Services Review 35:2 (2007): 310-321.
pdf Whitchurch, Michael J., C. Jeffrey Belliston, and William Baer. Information commons at Brigham Young University: past, present, and future. Reference Services Review 34:2 (2006): 261-278.
Position Descriptions/Job Announcements for Learning Commons-like positions
Manager, Information Commons and Library Systems, Brookdale Community College (November 22, 2006)
Information Commons Librarian, Buffalo State College (February 14, 2007)
Information Commons Librarian, University of Florida – Gainesville (May 2007)
Learning Commons Coordinator, Georgia State University (August 13, 2007)
Coordinator, Learning Commons, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville (August 13, 2007)
Director, Information Commons, Loyola University Chicago (March 2007)
Coordinated Educational Services Librarians (3 openings), University of Minnesota (June 19, 2006)
Manager, Learning Commons, Victoria University (Melbourne Australia) (April 2007)
Links to Learning Commons Pages
Brookdale Community College: Bankier Library: Information Commons
Buffalo State University: E.H. Butler Library: Information Commons
University of Florida: George A. Smathers Libraries: Library West Information Commons
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola Information Commons | webcam | article
University of Massachussetts Amhearst: W.E.B. Du Bois Library: The Learning Commons
pdf North Carolina State University: D.H. Hill Library Learning Commons
