Information Commons Discussion Group at ALA

The group will meet Saturday, June 23, 10:30 am - 12 noon at Disneyland Hotel, Magic Kingdom Ballroom 4.
Rudy Leon, U. Nevada - Reno, is the moderator.
http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/953

UMKC Renovation Nears Completion

Miller Nichols Library at U. of Missouri Kansas City was an early and successful Information Commons.  It opened in October, 2000.  It is now part of a re-designed multi-purpose complex that integrates the Library and the New Student Union.  Details can be found on the project's blog.

Yale Gets Ready for 1st Info Commons

The Yale Daily News reported last week on the plan to merge two departmental libraries and create the first "info commons" on the New Haven campus.

Highlights gleaned from the article:

• 200,000 volumes from the Social Science Library and the Kline Science Library have been moved to a storage facility in Hamden, CT.
• Kline Science Library will move into the Social Science Library while Kline is remodeled.  
• Following renovation the two libraries and the Social Science Research ITS StatLab will move into the remodeled Kline Library, which will be renamed the Center for Science and Social Science Information.
• The Social Science Library building will be demolished to make room for new residential colleges.

The merger is viewed as an opportunity to combine "lab technology, library volumes, and study and meeting spaces... interspersed throughout the new space to encourage cross-field collaboration." 

Go to UPDATE: January 11, 2012