From Information Commons to Learning Commons and learning spaces: an evolutionary context

Since 1994, when the University of Southern California opened an Information Commons (Holmes-Wong et al., 1997), college and university libraries across the globe have adapted the generic ‘Commons’ concept to their particular circumstances. Often, this has involved ‘replacing books with bytes’ (Swarz, 2006) in a computer lab that provides access to electronic resources and productivity software. The enhanced Information Commons model offers integrated services (Crockett et al., 2002). Some Information Commons even provide a ‘continuum of service from resource identification and retrieval on through data processing and format conversion to the desired end state of preservation, packaging, or publication’ (Beagle, 2004). The University of Michigan’s Media Union, for instance, brings together information resources, information technology, and media production (Miller, 1988)...

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