Beyond classroom construction and design: Formulating a vision for learning spaces in libraries

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-302

  Forrest, Charles ^a   Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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References (7)

1. Scott Bennett, "Redesigning Libraries for Learning. Executive Summary: A Summary of a Report Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources, Nov. 2003." Accessed Feb. 18, 2005, www.clir.org/pubs/execsum/suml22.html.
2. For the full report see Bennett, Libraries Designed for Learning (Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2003).
3. Bennett, Libraries Designed for Learning, 37-38.
4. Learning Spaces Working Group, Central Public Services, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Statement on Learning Spaces." The University Library is a highly decentralized organization consisting of more than forty library units distributed throughout campus in over twenty-five campus buildings. Central Public Services units are the Undergraduate, Reference, Newspaper, Government Documents, and University High School Libraries, interlibrary loan and borrowing, and central circulation and main stacks. Many of the units are housed in the Main Library building. The Library's Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction is also a member of Central Public Services.
5. Robert L. Allen, et. al., Classroom Design Manual, 3d ed. (College Park, Md.: Academic Information Technology Services, Univ. of Maryland, 1996), 1.
6. Michael Miller, "Design Considerations for Computer Classrooms" (paper presented during the Library Instruction Round Table Program, "Technology in Action: Getting the Most from Your Electronic Classroom," American Library Association Conference, New Orleans, 1999).
7. Learning Spaces Working Group, "Statement on Learning Spaces."