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Information Learning Research
Evolution of the Library Commons
Charles Forrest, Director, Library FacilitiesAmerican Library Association Annual Conference
New Orleans, Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Commons
“A public placethat supports conversation and sharing,
free to be used by everyone,and which everyone has a right to use,
a place that is generally accessible, affable,and familiar.”
Forrest & Halbert, A Field Guide to the Information Commons
Information Commons– Integrated desktop environment– Enhanced infrastructure– Collaborative service
• Library• Information Technology
– Enhanced student productivity
Learning Commons– Group studies, classrooms, coffee shop and cafe– Collaboration, academic support– Writing center, tutoring services, counseling, placement– Enhanced student success
Teaching ResearchConserving
and conveyingexisting knowledge
Discovering,creating and sharing
new knowledge
“I didn’t know that!” “Nobody knew that!”
Curiosity, discovery, knowledge, sharing
Learning
The Academic Commons
• Every community member is a learner• Every experience is a learning experience• Every space is a learning space
The Academic Commons
A place wherepeople, technology and facility
come together to enable and celebrateknowledge discovery and sharing.
Emory University• Established 1836• Enrollment 13,000
– 7,000 Undergraduate– 6,000 Graduate and Professional
• Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Theology
• Hospital and Clinic• Staff 23,000
– 12,000 University faculty and staff– 11,000 Emory Healthcare
• Oxford College Library• Business, Chemistry,
Health and Life Sciences, Law, Math and Science, Music and Media, Theology
• 3.4M volumes• MARBL• University Library
– 1997 Information Commons– 2004 Learning Commons– 2011 Research Commons
Candler Library, Matheson Reading Room
Research Commons
• DiSC (Digital Scholarship Commons)• Computer-based research• Data management• Large-scale data visualization• Trans-disciplinary laboratories• Faculty and graduate student success
Comfortable, flexible environment
University of Washington Research Commons; Georgia Tech University Library Learning Commons; Steelcase
Research Commons from the Library Mezzanine
Leo A Daly Architects, Research Commons Conceptual Design Study
Research Commons Schedule2009• May, Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC) Mellon planning grant award
2010• Summer, prepare site
– Open L2 Library Service Desk– Close L3 Circ/Reserves desk and staff area
• Fall, architectural design– November, kick off conceptual design– December, complete conceptual design, conceptual budget
• December, DiSC Mellon planning grant final report
2011• March, DiSC 2 year Mellon grant award• Spring, complete design and construction documents• April, project budget funding approved• Summer, Phase 1 renovation• Fall, open Phase 1
Tips and Takeaways• Planning– Engage strategic partners– Identify key stakeholders
• Design– Pursue strategic focus– Leverage programmatic support
• Implementation– Achieve flexibility through variety– Phase in “moving-target” technologies