Creating a Learning Commons. A Practical Guide for Librarians

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 today?

€™s existing learning commons settings and get up to speed on how to best approach developing their own library?

€™s new and innovative learning spaces.