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a directory of the evolution of the commons model in academic libraries

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

EKU's Noel Studio for Academic Creativity - an Update

Updating my 2009 post on a unique renovation at the Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky U.

The Noel Studio for Academic Creativity has been open for a year now. It was featured in an article in LJ last November.

Posted by David Murray at 4:35 PM

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Welcome

This blog serves as a directory to library websites (234 as of 4/10/14) where you can find models of the innovation that started as the information commons and has evolved into the learrning commons, knowledge commons and many variations.

Scroll down for links to planning documents, conference presentations, online articles and other blogs that might be useful.

Northeast U.S. and Canada

Binghamton U. (NY) - Bartle Library Information Commons
Brandeis U. ((MA) - Information Commons
Bridgewater State College (MA) - Learning Commons
Brock U. (Ontario) - Gibson Library - Matheson Learning Commons
Brookdale Community College (NJ) - Bankier Library Information Commons
Brooklyn College (NY) - New Media Center
Bucknell U. (PA) - Information Commons and Technology Courtyard
Buffalo State U. (NY) - Butler Library Information Commons
Carleton U. (Ontario) - Learning Commons
Clark U. (MA) - Goddard Library Academic Commons
Daemen College (NY) - Research and Information Commons
Dalhousie U. (NS) - Learning Commons
Dartmouth College (NH) - Baker-Berry Library
Delaware County CC (PA) - Learning Commons
Dickinson College (PA)
Drexel U. (PA) - Library Learning Terrace
Fulton-Montgomery CC (NY) - Evans LIbrary & Learning Commons
George Brown College (Toronto, Ontario) - Library Learning Commons
George Washington U. (DC) - Gelman Library Learning Commons
Goucher College (MD) - Library & Information Commons
Hamilton College (NY) - Information Commons
Hampshire College (MA) - Library Learning Commons
Harrisburg Area Community College - Gettysburg Campus Learning Commons
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) Rosensweig Learning Commons
Hostos CC (NY) Information/Learning Commons
Hudson Valley CC (NY) - Marvin Library Learning Commons
Johns Hopkins U. (MD) - Brody Learning Commons
Kutztown U. (PA) - Rohrbach Library Information Commons
McDaniel College (MD) - Hoover Library Information Commons
McGill U. (Quebec) Humanities & Social Sciences Library
McMaster U. (Ontario) - Mills Learning Commons
Memorial U. of Newfoundland - QEII Library - The Commons
Mercy College (NY) - Learning Commons
Mount Aloysius College (PA) - Learning Commons
Mount Holyoke College (MA) - Miles-Smith Information Commons
New Jersey Inst. of Technology - Van Houten Library Information Commons
New York U. - Bobst LIbrary Research Commons
Northeastern U. (MA) - Snell Library Infocommons
Pennsylvania State U. - Pattee Library Knowledge Commons
Pine Manor College (MA) - Learning Commons
Plymouth State U. (NH) - Lamson Library Learning Commons
Providence College (RI) - Library + Commons
Queen's U. (Ontario) - Learning Commons
Roger Williams U. (RI) - Learning Commons
Ryerson U. (Ontario) Information and Learning Commons
SUNY Cortland - Memorial Library Learning Commons
SUNY New Paltz (NY) - Sojourner Truth Library
Salem State U. (MA) - Library and Learning Commons
Salve Regina U. (RI) - Learning Commons
Seton Hall U. (NJ) - Walsh Library Information Commons
Simmons College (MA) - Beatley Library Information Commons
Smith College (MA) - Neilson Library Information Commons
Southern Maine Community College - Learning Commons
St. Joseph's College (NY) - McEntegart Library Information Commons
Syracuse U. (NY) - Learning Commons
Tompkins Cortland CC (NY) Library@Baker Commons
U. of Connecticut - Babbidge Library Learning Commons
U. of Guelph (Ontario) Learning Commons
U. of Maine - Fogler Library Information Commons
U. of Maryland (MD) - Terrapin Learning Commons
U. of Massachusetts - Amherst-DuBois Library Learning Commons
U. of Massachusetts - Dartmouth - Learning Commons
U. of New Brunswick, Fredericton - Irving Library McNair Learning Commons
U. of New Brunswick, St. John - Klohn Commons
U. of New Hampshire - Dimond Academic Commons
U. of Pennsylvania - Weigle Information Commons
U. of Rochester (NY) - Gleason Library
U. of Southern Maine - Commons at three campus libraries
U. of Waterloo (Ontario) - RBC Information Commons
Vassar College (NY) -Digital Media Zone
Washington College (MD) - Miller Library
Wesleyan U. (CT) - Olin Library Information Commons
Wilkes U. (PA) - Alden Learning Commons
Williams College (MA) - Sawyer Library
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) - Gordon Library Information Commons
Yale U. (CT) - Center for Science and Social Science Information
York U. (Ontario) Learning Commons

Midwest U.S. and Canada

Albion College (MI) - Stockwell Library Cutler Commons
Bethel U. (MN) - Library and Information Commons
Butler U. (IN) - Irwin Library Information Commons
Delta College (MI) Library Learning Information Center
Denison U. (OH) - Library Learning Commons
Eastern Kentucky U. - Noel Studio for Academic Creativity
Edgewood College (WI) - Rennebohm Library
Ferris State U. (MI) - Information Commons
Grand Valley St. U. (MI) - Pew Library Learning and Information Commons
Illinois Wesleyan U. Ames Library
Indiana U. - South Bend - Hammes Information Commons
Indiana U. Information Commons
Jackson CC (MI) - Library Information Commons
Kansas State U. - Hale Library
Kent State U. (OH) - Information Commons
Lincoln U. (MO) - Library Learning Commons
Lorain County CC (OH) - Bass Library Information Commons
Loyola U. - Chicago - Klarchek Information Commons
Marquette U. (WI)- Raynor Library Information Commons
Morehead State U. (KY) - Library Commons
Muskegon CC (MI) - Meijer Library Information Commons
Northwestern U. InfoCommons
Oakland U. (MI) - Kresge Library Information Commons
Oberlin College (OH) - Academic Commons
Ohio State U. - Thompson Memorial Library
Ohio U. - Learning Commons
Purdue U. (IN) - Parrish Library of Management and Economics
Red River College (Manitoba) - Learning Commons
Sinclair Community College (OH) - Library
U. of Akron (OH) - Bierce Library Learning Commons
U. of Chicago - USITE/Crerar
U. of Cincinnati - Info Commons
U. of Illinois, Chicago - Daley Library IDEA Commons
U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Undergraduate Library Learning Commons
U. of Iowa - Learning Commons
U. of Kansas - Learning Studio, Anschutz Library
U. of Kentucky - The Hub at WT's
U. of Michigan - Duderstadt Center
U. of Michigan - Shapiro Library Tech Deck
U. of Minnesota - Rochester Library Information Commons
U. of Minnesota - SMART Learning Commons
U. of Missouri - Ellis Library
U. of Missouri - Kansas City - Miller Nichols Library Information Commons
U. of Nebraska, Kearney - Learning Commons
U. of Northern Iowa - Learning Commons
U. of South Dakota - Weeks Library Academic Commons
U. of St. Thomas (MN) - Keffer Library Information Commons
U. of Toledo - Carlson Library
U. of Wisconsin, Madison - Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning
U. of Wisconsin, Madison - Ebling Library InfoCommons
U. of Wisconsin, Madison - Memorial Library InfoLab
U. of Wisconsin, Madison - Steenbock Library InfoLab
U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Soref Learning Commons
Winona State U. (MN) - Information Gallery

Southeast U.S.

Appalachian State U. (NC) - Belk Library and Information Commons
Auburn U. (AL) - Draughon Library Learning Commons
Belmont Abbey College (NC) - Learning Commons
Coastal Carolina U. (SC) - Bryan Information Commons
College of William and Mary (VA) - Swem Library
Duke U. (NC) - Perkins/Bostock Library
Elon U. (NC) - Belk Library Information Commons
Emory U. (GA) Learning Commons
Florida State College - Library/Learning Commons
Georgia Gwinnett College - Library and Learning Center
Georgia Southern U. - Library Learning Commons
Georgia State U. - Learning Commons
Georgia Tech - Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
Georgia Tech -- The Commons
James Madison U. - Learning Commons
Louisiana State U. - Middleton Library Information Commons
Loyola U. - New Orleans, Monroe Library Learning Commons
North Carolina State U. - D.H. Hill Library Learning Commons
North Carolina State U., Centennial Campus - Hunt Library
Old Dominion U. (VA) - Perry Library Learning Commons
Oxford College of Emory U. - Library Academic Commons
Tallahassee CC (FL) - Wm. D. Law Learning Commons
Tennesee Tech U. - Volpe Library Learning Commons
U. of Alabama - Gorgas Library Learning Commons
U. of Central Florida - Knowledge Commons
U. of Georgia - Miller Learning Center
U. of Kentucky - The Hub@WT's
U. of Louisiana - Monroe
U. of Miami (FL) Richter Library
U. of North Carolina - Asheville
U. of North Carolina - Charlotte
U. of North Carolina - Wilmington - Randall Learning Commons
U. of South Florida
U. of Tennessee - Knoxville
U. of Tennessee, Chattanooga - [new] Library
Virginia Commonwealth U. - Cabell Library Learning Commons
Virginia Tech U. - Newman Library Learning Commons
Winton-Salem State U. (NC) - O'Kelly Library

Southwest U.S.

Abilene Christian University (TX) - Learning Commons
Estrella Mountain C.C. (AZ) - Information Commons
GateWay C.C. (AZ) - Integrated Education Building
Texas Christian U. Information Commons
Trinity U. (TX) - Coates Library
U. of Arkansas - Mullins Library Research Commons
U. of Houston (TX) Learning Commons
U. of Texas at San Antonio - Information Commons
U. of Texas, Austin - Perry-Castaneda Library Learning Commons

Western U.S. and Canada

Aims Community College (CO) - Learning Commons
Bow Valley College (Alberta, CA) - Library Learning Commons
Brigham Young U. (UT) - Harold B. Lee Library Learning Commons
California Polytechnic - Academic Center and Library (planned for 2013)
California Polytechnic - Kennedy Library Learning Commons
California Polytechnic Pomona (CA) - Library Learning Commons
California State University - Fullerton
Colorado College - Tutt Library Learning Commons
Colorado State U. - Electronic Information Center
Diablo Valley College (CA)
Highline CC (WA) - Information Commons
Humboldt State U. (CA) - Learning Commons
Lewis-Clark State College (ID) - Information Commons
Lower Columbia College - Learning Commons
Loyola Marymount U. (CA) - Hannon Library Information Commons
Montana State U. - Renne Library Commons
Oregon State U. - Learning Commons
Portland St. U. (OR) - Learning Ground Lab & Sandbox
San Francisco State U.(CA) - Annex Information Comomons
San Joaquin Delta College (CA) - Goleman Library Information Commons
San Jose State U. (CA) - Learning & Research Commons
Santa Clara U. (CA) Harrington Learning Commons
Seattle U. (WA) - Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons
Simon Fraser U. (BC) Information Commons
Solano Community College (CA) - Information Commons
St. Martin's U. (WA) - O'Grady Library Information Commons
U. at Albany (SUNY) - Information Commons
U. of Alberta - Cameron Library Knowledge Common
U. of Arizona Integrated Learning Center
U. of British Columbia - Chapman Learning Commons
U. of Calgary (AB) Taylor Family Digital Library
U. of Calgary Information Commons (archived web site)
U. of California, Berkeley - Moffitt Library Renovation
U. of California, San Diego - Biomedical Library
U. of California, Santa Cruz - McHenry Library Information Commons
U. of Colorado - Norlin Library Commons
U. of Denver (CO) - Anderson Academic Commons
U. of Nevada - Las Vegas - Lied Library Information Commons
U. of Nevada - Reno - Knowledge Center
U. of Oregon - Learning Commons
U. of Saskatchewan - Learning Commons
U. of Southern California Leavey Library
U. of Utah Knowledge Commons
U. of Washington - Allen Library South Research Commons
U. of Washington - Odegaard Library and Learning Commons
U. of Wyoming - Coe Library Information Commons
U. of the Pacific (CA) - University Library Information Commons
Utah Valley U.(UT) - Library Information Commons
Windward Community College (HI) - Library Learning Commons

World

Australian National University
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
U. of Auckland (NZ) - Kate Edger Information Commons
U. of Cape Town (South Africa) - Knowledge Commons
U. of Manchester (U.K.) - Alan Gilbert Learning Commons
U. of Sheffield (U.K.) - Information Commons

Planning Documents

ACRL - "Academic Library Building Design: Resources for Planning" (2009)
New York U. - "NYU 21st Century Library Project: Designing a Research Library of the Future..." (2007)
Portland State U. (OR) "Plan and prepare for a new Library Knowledge Commons" 2009
Report on the Renovation of the Thompson Library - Learning Group of the Ohio State U. Libraries (2004)
U. of Calgary - "Information Hub Planning Document"
U. of Toronto - Mississauga - "Report of the Planning Committee for the Academic Learning Centre"

Books and Articles

Bailey, D. Russell and Barbara Tierney, Transforming Library Service through Information Commons, 2008
Beagle, Donald, D. Russell Bailey and Barbara Tierney,The Information Commons Handbook - 2006
Beatty, Susan and Hester Mountifield, Collaboration in an Information Commons: key elements for successful support of eliteracy - 2006
Bennett, Scott, Libraries Designed for Learning - 2003
Bennett,Scott, Righting the Balance, 2005
Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries - ACRL, 2006
College Students' Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources - OCLC, 2005
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning - Joint Information Systems Committee, 2006
Forrest, Charles and Martin Halbert, A Field Guide to the Information Commons, 2009
Leighton, David, The Information Commons: A Conceptualization and Vision for Collaborative & Interactive Learning, 2003
Library as Place: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Space - Council on Library and Information Resources, 2005
Lippincott, Joan, Information Commons: Meeting Millennials’ Needs - 2010
Lippincott, Joan, Linking the Information Commons to Learning - 2006
McMullen, Susan, The Learning Commons Model...Best Practices, 2007
Schader, Barbara, Learning commons: evolution and collaborative essentials - 2008
Seal, Robert A., “Information Commons: The Future is Now” Conference paper: “Change and Challenge: Redefine the Future of Academic Libraries,” Peking University Libraries, Beijing, China, 2012
The Academic Library in 2010: a Vision; Report of Symposium 2010, American U. Library, 2005
Wolfe, Judith A., Ted Naylor, and Jeanetta Drueke, The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian in the Learning Commons, RUSQ, December, 2010.

Conferences/Presentations

A Planning Process for Successful Learning/Information Commons (Educause Dec. 2008)
ALA and ACRL Conferences 2003 - 2007, Documents archived by Barbara Tierney at UNC-Charlotte
Information Commons - Learning Space Beyond the Classroom, U. of Southern California, 2004
Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries: ACRL/CNI Preconference, 2003

Blog List

In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Not All Staying is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries
1 week ago
The Uncommon Commons

New Edition of Library Programs and Services
10 months ago
Designing Better Libraries

Design Thinking Needs No Single Definition
5 years ago
Disruptive Library Technology Jester

DLTJ in a #NEWWWYEAR
6 years ago
UW Libraries Research Commons Development

Switching Blogs
8 years ago
The Ubiquitous Librarian

My Final Blog Post
8 years ago
ALA TechSource Blog

New Library Technology Report: Library Services Platforms
8 years ago
A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette

Librarian, You're a grand old
10 years ago
MaintainIT Project, a project of TechSoup
Celsus: A Library Architecture Resource - home

Bankier Library Info Commons

Bankier Library Info Commons

Bankier Library Info Commons

Bankier Library Info Commons