Creating a Learning Commons: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Volume 55) (Practical Guides for Librarians, 55)

ISBN: 1442272635

Author: Lampert, Lynn D.

Condition: New

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 todays existing learning commons settings and get up to speed on how to best approach developing their own librarys new and innovative learning spaces.