tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58892217680514186862024-03-12T19:18:38.252-04:00InfoCommons and Beyonda directory of the evolution of the commons model in academic librariesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-21179502137879072152014-08-15T10:17:00.000-04:002016-09-20T12:17:46.553-04:00Update: Grand Valley State's Mary Idema Pew Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lot of care and planning went into the spectacular <a href="http://gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-224.htm">new library at Grand Valley State</a> in Allendale, MI. The website tells the story:<br />
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"In this new library, students will find a range of environments, from noisy to quiet, in which they can work on an assignment alone or in a group; receive coaching from a peer consultant in research, writing, or presenting; practice a new skill or play with a new idea; learn something unexpectedly; engage easily with each other in spaces engineered to accommodate the sounds of natural conversation; or curl up by the fireplace in a contemplative space with the best views on campus. Students will do all of these things in a building that was crafted with their needs in mind—the right lighting, the right furniture, the right resources, the right services, the right spaces, and the right amount of flexibility. "Going to the library" will take on a whole new meaning as the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons becomes and integral part of every student's experience at Grand Valley."<br />
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Steelcase helped produce <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYHU68VZqQ">this video intro </a>to the building, furnishings and services.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-41434172248409873742014-06-19T15:25:00.003-04:002014-06-19T15:26:41.024-04:00Conference Announcement: Designing Libraries for the 21st CenturyU. of Calgary. September 28-30, 2014<br />
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Co-sponsored by CNI and North Carolina State U., the event includes two pre-conferences and tours of the <a href="http://tfdl.ucalgary.ca/">Taylor Family Digital Library</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-51969874292230187532014-05-02T15:04:00.001-04:002014-05-02T15:11:54.196-04:00"The Battle over Library Spaces"<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are about to embark on a commons project that involves co-locating services, Rick Anderson, <a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu/">U. of Utah's Marriott Library</a>, recommends eight principles "to <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">bear in mind when faced with requests from other entities on campus to occupy space in the library."</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-66425619943471571312014-04-10T11:42:00.000-04:002014-04-10T11:42:58.868-04:00Hampshire College - Learning Commons: Proposal and Process<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 20.399999618530273px;">In 1968, the Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College was imagined as the “educative aorta of the College,” critical to Hampshire’s interdisciplinary, experimental program. In 2014, we have the opportunity, thanks to the Portal Building project and the bookstore’s impending relocation, to re-envision a library that includes a Learning Commons designed to respond more actively, directly, and with a greater impact, to the Hampshire curriculum."<br /></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 20.399999618530273px;">"Educative aorta" aside, Hampshire College (Amherst, MA) has set its sights on a transformation of the Johnson Library. The process started in November, 2013 and is well documented on the <a href="http://sites.hampshire.edu/llc/2014/02/04/learning-commons-proposal/">project's web site</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-28219543785976819122014-03-24T14:44:00.000-04:002014-03-24T14:44:12.162-04:00Salem State University: Library and Learning Commons<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.salemstate.edu/library/6519.php">Salem State University (MA) Library and Learning Commons</a>, which opened in 2013, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #717171; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">brings together the Center for Academic Excellence, academic advising, TRIO programs, disabilities services, the Writing Center, and the honors program, and recognizes the synergy between and among these academic services and the library."</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-56401631588384128552014-03-24T14:32:00.000-04:002014-06-02T16:34:49.647-04:00Hudson Valley CC Learning CommonsThe <a href="https://www.hvcc.edu/learning-commons/about.html">Marvin Library Learning Commons</a> at Hudson Valley CC (Troy, NY) provides a full array of research and academic support services. In addition to the Library and Instructional Media Center:<br />
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<li style="font-size: inherit;"><strong>Computer Learning Center (CLC)</strong><br /><strong style="font-size: inherit;">Learning Assistance Center (LAC)</strong></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-14361099072381866992014-03-19T17:14:00.000-04:002014-05-12T15:16:42.651-04:00Information Commons - The Future Is Now<br />
<a href="http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=lib_facpubs"><b>“Information Commons: The Future is Now” </b></a><br />
A brief (7 pages) overview of the Information Commons phenomenon and some pointed lessons learned at Loyola U. Klarchek Infomation Commons by Robert A. Seal, Dean of University Libraries, <a href="http://www.luc.edu/ic/">Loyola University Chicago </a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-37333626133167333322014-03-18T15:37:00.002-04:002014-03-18T15:47:16.737-04:00Learning Studio at U. Kansas<a href="http://lib.ku.edu/learningstudio#learning-spaces">The Learning Studio</a> at KU's Anschutz Library is an integrated set of academic support services, including writing, tutoring, technology and information/research. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kulibraries/5448022481/in/set-72157626056866902/">See the Flickr set.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-74351550602087040392014-03-03T15:44:00.000-05:002014-03-03T15:45:11.024-05:00Libraries as Spaces for Teaching, Learning and Research: The Learning Commons Model<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLXOQRv238">Uploaded to YouTube by Wellesley College</a><br />
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"The library has been central to the learning process at Wellesley since its inception. The library's collections and services have evolved over time as the curriculum, pedagogy and technologies have advanced, but serving as a learning center has always been central to its role. As we consider anew the factors driving change in higher education and scholarship we see a set of new learning and teaching spaces, located in a renewed library environment that brings together the student, the teacher, the resources, the services and the specialist staff in engaging, effective and highly collaborative ways. What does the Wellesley Library look like in 2015 or in 2020?"<br />
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Featured speakers: Gene Spencer, Gene Spencer Consulting and Michael Nieminen and Natalie Rebuck, Kliment Halsband ArchitectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-34167095025313583172013-12-04T10:09:00.000-05:002013-12-04T10:09:28.326-05:007th Canadian Learning Commons Conference - Call for Proposals<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Bishop’s University and the John Bassett Memorial Library invite you to
submit a proposal for presentation at the <b>7<sup>th</sup> Canadian Learning
Commons Conference CLCC</b>. Bishop’s is proud to be hosting this year’s
conference from June 9-11, 2014 at the Delta Hotel, Sherbrooke, QC. Please
visit the website for more information on the conference and keynote speakers.
Attached to this email are details in regards to submitting a proposal for
presentation. Kindly forward this email to colleagues who may be interested. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.clcc2014.ubishops.ca/home.html"><span lang="FR-CA">http://www.clcc2014.ubishops.ca/home.html</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-82299675748228202442013-10-30T10:48:00.002-04:002014-02-04T14:09:20.544-05:00Xavier University - Conaton Learning Commons<a href="http://www.xavier.edu/mission-identity/heritage-tradition/Conaton-Learning-Commons.cfm">Xavier University - Conaton Learning Commons</a> opened on the Cincinnati campus in 2010 as part of the five-story <a href="http://www.xavier.edu/insidexavier/media/pdf/buildings-feature.pdf">James E Hoff Academic Quad</a>. Shepley Bullfinch did the design work. See<a href="http://www.shepleybulfinch.com/project/xavier-university/A30/"> the Projects page</a> for a description and images.<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-5780279633557061172013-06-04T17:06:00.002-04:002013-06-04T17:06:56.819-04:00Simply Stated - Learning Commons DefinedUniversity of Northern Iowa's Rod Library is in the early stages of transforming the main floor into <a href="http://guides.lib.uni.edu/content.php?pid=376303&sid=3082421">a learning commons</a>. They have crafted a simple, but elegant mission statement:<br />
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The Learning Commons is a student-centered physical and virtual learning space designed under the guiding principles of openness, flexibility, comfort, inspiration, and practicality. It fosters collaborative and independent active learning by providing technology, resources, and services that help to engage students and faculty in the learning process. Through the Learning Commons the library will strive to create active partnerships with other university units that incorporate campus-wide goals and objectives.<br />
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The Learning Commons supports the Library’s goals to provide “high quality services responsive to the<br />
changing cultural, research, and informational needs of our community” and “functional, flexible, inviting,<br />
safe, technology-equipped learning spaces.”<br />
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The Learning Commons supports the mission of the University of Northern Iowa to provide “transformative learning experiences that inspire students to embrace challenge, engage in critical inquiry and creative thought, and contribute to society.” <a href="http://bit.ly/15F6OoO">http://bit.ly/15F6OoO</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-30753534797829571232013-03-15T16:47:00.000-04:002014-07-15T14:12:51.893-04:00U. of Iowa, Early Adopter, Takes the Next Step<span style="font-family: inherit;">Way back at the dawn of the Commons Era, before Phil Tompkins dubbed it so, the University of Iowa rolled out the <a href="http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/information-arcade-university-iowa">Information Arcade</a> in 1992. Now UI is engaged in a new enterprise:<a href="http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/commons/"> the Learning Commons</a>:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"In the fall of 2013, University of Iowa students will discover a tech-infused, 24-hour, comfy study space and one-stop academic help center…with good coffee.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Designed with significant student input, the new Learning Commons will provide an “intellectual hub” with room for 500-plus students. The 37,000-square-foot facility in the Main Library is the product of a unique partnership among Information Technology Services (ITS), University Libraries, and the Office of the Provost.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Learning Commons is focused, first and foremost, on furthering the academic success of students,” says Nancy Baker, university librarian. “The staff will provide students with a ‘concierge’ experience. They’ll answer common academic, library, and technology questions and point students to the resources they need to succeed, like help with their research, writing, or tutoring.” </span></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-33719336699308333582013-01-29T15:41:00.001-05:002013-01-29T15:41:58.824-05:00Better Late Than...Last May, 2012, University of Calgary hosted two landmark conferences. Good for you if got to one of them. If you were at both, you either live in Calgary or your travel budget should be investigated.<br />
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The 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference was May 7-9. Nineteen presentations have been archived and you can browse them at: <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/a9ag4bf">http://tinyurl.com/a9ag4bf</a> </b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next CLCC will be June 9-11, 2014 at Bishop's U., Quebec</span></span><br />
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Designing Libraries for the 21st Century, May 17-19, was a co-production of U. of Calgary and CNI. Links to nine of the presentations are here: <b><a href="http://library.ucalgary.ca/lib21/presentations">http://library.ucalgary.ca/lib21/presentations</a>. </b>Joseph Rondinelli's slides, with highly detailed renderings and photos of five Shepley Bulfinch projects (Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Teachers' College and Atlanta U. Ctr) are at: <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/aryqkmy">http://tinyurl.com/aryqkmy</a></b><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-76701696145135531612013-01-29T14:37:00.000-05:002013-11-01T09:36:24.767-04:00Grand Opening at San Jose State<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January 31, 2013 is the date for the opening of the <a href="http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-student-learning-and-research-commons/sjsu-student-learning-and-research-commons">Student Learning and Research Commons</a> at <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.8125px;">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State U.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-5996121155192689182012-12-07T16:23:00.000-05:002013-11-01T09:57:12.171-04:00Library Journal: Year in Architecture 2012The diner booth as a learning space started at U. Penn's <a href="http://blogs.acu.edu/learningstudio/files/2009/09/DukeLinkWeigleIC-images.026-001.jpg">Weigle Information Commons</a>. It is fast becoming a standard element in academic libraries.<br />
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That's the reference desk in the background at Purdue's<a href="http://www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries?qt-view__libraries__page=12"> Parrish Library of Management and Economics</a>, one of five very different takes on the ever-evolving commons concept in <a href="http://bit.ly/VoGnMy">LJ's feature story on new and renovated academic libraries</a>. The others are:<br />
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<a href="http://library.uic.edu/idea">IDEA Commons at U. of Illinois - Chicago</a><br />
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<a href="http://library.maritime.edu/internal/construction.html#papers">Massachusetts Maritime Academy's ABS Information Commons</a><br />
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<a href="http://lib.colostate.edu/about/maps/the-cube">The CUBE at Colorado State U. Morgan Library</a><br />
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<a href="http://csssi.yale.edu/">The Center for Science and Social Science Information at Yale U.</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-13763412111945874682012-09-11T16:43:00.000-04:002012-09-11T16:46:47.202-04:00Windward CC Library Learning Commons Grand OpeningWindward Community College (Hawaii) celebrated the grand opening of the first "green" library in the U. of Hawaii System on August 29. The building's Hawaiian name, Hale Laakea, means Hall of Enlightenment. The college hopes to attain LEED Silver certification.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Having had a sneak peek at the Bryan Information Commons, I was impressed by the natural light and the wonderful views of the campus through the expansive windows. Students will be able to relax and reflect in the comfortable couches and chairs provided in these areas. In addition to soft seating, the information commons will feature individual and group work areas, study rooms, presentation areas, a library instruction classroom, a reference/consultation office, and a vending machine area with cafe tables and booths. The Information Commons will support state-of-the-art technology in a wifi environment. Mediascape workstations will provide spaces for collaborative projects. Both Mac and Windows desktop computers will be available at individual workstations. All study rooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards to facilitate student learning." <a href="http://www.coastal.edu/newsletter/issue/33/workinprogress">Read more. </a></span></span><br />
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Rudy Leon, U. Nevada - Reno, is the moderator.<br />
<a href="http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/953">http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/953</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-15864676297188507032012-04-30T11:50:00.000-04:002012-05-24T09:42:36.909-04:00UNB-St. John Gets LEED Silver CommonsU. of New Brunswick's St. John campus opened its LEED Silver-certified Hans W. <a href="http://www.lib.unb.ca/about/saintjohn.php">Klohn Commons</a> in September, 2011. Though the exterior design is reminiscent of the mid-20th century International Style, the infrastructure and the environmental systems are all 21st century. <br />
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Klohn Commons (notice that they eschewed the use of a limiting adjective such as information or learning) is home to <a href="http://www.unb.ca/saintjohn/iss/">Information Services and Systems</a> (read Library and IT combined) and includes support services for writing, math and science.<br />
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More pictures at: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/HWKCommonsPictures">http://bit.ly/HWKCommonsPictures</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889221768051418686.post-74905680229543175452012-04-06T16:28:00.000-04:002012-04-09T11:25:51.736-04:00Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The acronym is <a href="http://www.wiscel.wisc.edu/">WisCEL</a> (pronounced "whistle") and it is a partnership of the <a href="http://library.wisc.edu/#books">UW-Madison Libraries</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">the <a href="http://madisoninitiative.wisc.edu/">Madison Initiative for Undergraduates</a>, the College of Engineering, the College of Letters and Sciences, and the <a href="http://www.cio.wisc.edu/advisory-groups-SITIAC-awards.aspx">Student Information Technology Initiative</a>.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Located in <a href="http://wendt.engr.wisc.edu/">Wendt Commons (the Engineering Library)</a> and the undergraduate <a href="http://college.library.wisc.edu/">College Library</a>, the WisCELs "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">combine deliberate choices of physical environment including multi-use spaces, technology that supports both peer-collaboration and self-paced learning, and software which provides immediate feedback to students on assignments and exams and allows increased instructor time with students." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">And they are in spaces that used to be library book stacks.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />In addition to large group instruction, t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">utors and TAs for engineering courses are in Wendt Commons. The WisCEL in College Library offers pre-calculus and calculus assistance.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">So what does this mean for the future of libraries? Here is WisCEL's take on that topic:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Each location offers a new perspective on the library of the future: Instead of row after row of books, there are a variety of flexible, multi-use, technology-rich spaces, including classrooms and areas for small-group discussion, tutoring and peer-to-peer learning. Rather than being the end of libraries as we know them, initiatives such as WisCEL will write an entirely new chapter in the lives of libraries as cutting-edge educational partners—vibrant commons areas that offer a suite of academic tools and services in a location students already frequent." <a href="http://bit.ly/xkv3ji">http://bit.ly/xkv3ji</a></span></span><br />
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