Creating a Learning Commons

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Lynn D. Lampert, Coleen Meyers-Martin

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781442272644
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Education Administration
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Creating a Learning Commons: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides experienced and detailed research-based guidance for academic librarians and other professionals charged with creating a learning commons. Readers can follow the entire process of developing a library learning commons design and implementation plan from inception to post-occupancy planning and assessment.

This practical guide is designed to help librarians develop sound strategies for navigating the challenging issues that often emerge in launching a dynamic and collaborative new library learning commons space within a university or college setting.
Lampert and Meyers-Martin provide a practical guide, complete with examples and photos of award-winning learning commons designs. This book will help dedicated professionals identify best practices within today's existing learning commons settings and get up to speed on how to best approach developing their own library's new and innovative learning spaces.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Learning Commons Library Spaces
• Chapter 2: Building Your Foundation
• Chapter 3: Partnerships and Strategies for Successful Programming
• Chapter 4: Architects, Designers, Contractors, and Budgets, Oh My!
• Chapter 5: Strategic Planning for Learning Commons Technology
• Chapter 6: Choosing What Technology Goes into a Learning Commons
• Chapter 7: Marketing and Promotion
• Chapter 8: Teaching and Learning in a Learning Commons Space
• Chapter 9: Assessing Learning Commons Spaces and Reviewing Lessons Learned
• Chapter 10: Successful Learning Commons Partnerships
• Chapter 11: The Future of Library Learning Commons Spaces
• Appendix A: Learning Commons Survey
• Appendix B: Marketing Action Plan, Oviatt Library, Learning Commons, California State University, Northridge
• About the Authors