Reviewing the library learning commons: History, models, and perspectives

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-329

  Accardi, Maria T ^a   Cordova, Memo ^b   Leeder, Kim ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Information commons; Innovation; Learning commons; Library commons; Library spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954293210     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691316.2010.481595     Document Type: Article

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