Creating a Learning Commons (eBook)

Lynn D. Lampert is the coordinator of information literacy and instruction at California State University (CSU)–Northridge. Lynn served as a key member of the Oviatt Library’s Learning Commons Planning Team, which managed the $2.5 million learning commons renovation project. Lynn also helped develop and design the learning commons’s new makerspace area, which opened to students in the fall of 2014.Coleen Meyers-Martin is coordinator of outreach services at the California State University (CSU)–Northridge’s Oviatt Library. In 2013, she coordinated a multifaceted marketing campaign that promoted the Library’s $2.5 million learning commons renovation to students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Foreword by Donald BeaglePrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Learning Commons Library SpacesChapter 2. Building Your FoundationChapter 3. Partnerships and Strategies for Successful ProgrammingChapter 4. Architects, Designers, Contractors, and Budgets Oh My!Chapter 5. Strategic Planning for Learning Commons TechnologyChapter 6. Choosing What Technology Goes into a Learning CommonsChapter 7. Marketing and PromotionChapter 8. Teaching and Learning in a Learning Commons Space: Reference Services, Instruction, and OutreachChapter 9. Assessing Learning Commons Spaces and Reviewing Lessons LearnedChapter 10. Successful Learning Commons PartnershipsChapter 11. The Future of Library Learning Commons SpacesAppendix A. Learning Commons SurveyAppendix B. Marketing Action Plan