A field guide to the information commons
Our sources of information, and the practices we use to find it, are in a period of rapid flux. Libraries must respond by selecting, acquiring, and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative services, and building different types of spaces to support changing user b...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Scarecrow Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | Our sources of information, and the practices we use to find it, are in a period of rapid flux. Libraries must respond by selecting, acquiring, and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative services, and building different types of spaces to support changing user behaviors and patterns of learning. A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes an emerging library service model that embodies all three spheres of response: new information resources, collaborative service programs, and redesigned staff and user spaces. Technology has enabled new forms of i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 197 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780810866508 (electronic bk.) 0810866501 (electronic bk.) |