A field guide to the information commons

• Other Authors: Forrest, Charles, 1953-, Halbert, Martin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Information commons.; Library Services.; Libraries.; Facility Design and Construction.; Interior Design and Furnishings.; Information Centers.; Computers.; Universities.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > Library & Information Science; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

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...

Table of Contents:

• Information Commons: A Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Information Commons; Chapter 01. Origin and Development of the Information Commons in Academic Libraries; Chapter 02. Information Commons: Surveying the Landscape; Chapter 03. Breaking Down Barriers to Working and Learning: Challenges and Issues in Designing an Information Commons; Chapter 04. Technology in the Information Commons; Chapter 05. Case Study in Customizing Information Commons Environments: Hardin Library; Part II. The Field Guide; Field Guide; Afterword: "Getting It Right."