The Student-Centered Electronic Teaching Library: A New Model for Learning

As libraries are renovated, retrofitted, or re‐engineered to accom‐ modate robust infrastructures with scaleable Ethernet connectivity, reference personnel must actively help in the design of teaching and learning facilities supportive of technologies that add value and context to the educational experience. In this article, the authors describe the conceptualization, funding mechanisms, and creation of a Student‐centered Electronic Teaching classroom (SET) in a medium‐sized academic library. The SET is viewed as a combination of several elements: electronic classroom, information concourse, and multimedia laboratory. It is designed to foster collaborative learning among students and faculty, while teaching library users specific techniques to increase their information competency abilities.