Pamela Colburn Harland

The Learning Commons

Seven Simple Steps to Transform Your Library

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This simple guide provides valuable insights for transforming an out-of-date public, school, or academic library into a thriving, user-centric learning commons. The goal of the learning-commons strategy is to provide a centralized, "go-to" location for all users seeking help on the complex issues of teaching, researching, and being a global citizen in our changing world. A library organized around the learning-commons construct fosters collaborative work and social interaction between users during research and learning. This paradigm also encourages use of innovative technologies and information resources. Transforming a traditional library into a thriving learning commons does take some planning and effort, however. Each of the seven chapters in this book explains a simple step that a librarian can take to improve their facility. Photographs and concrete examples of the suggested strategies are included; checklists at the end of each chapter serve as indicators for measuring progress. This text is useful for library administrators in school settings (both public and private, K-12) as well as academic, public, and special libraries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 353g
• ISBN-13: 9781598845174
• ISBN-10: 1598845179
• Artikelnr.: 31385298

Autorenporträt

Pamela Colburn Harland is librarian at Plymouth Regional High School, Plymouth, NH.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Step One: User-Centered 2 Step
Two: Flexible 3 Step Three: Repetitive Questions 4 Step Four: Join
Resources 5 Step Five: Remove Barriers 6 Step Six: Trust Your Users 7 Step
Seven: Publicize Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D
Index