The Future of Libraries: The Information Commons
Several selected principles from the list developed by ALA at Nov. 2001 roundtable:
“We might understand the commons as a ‘place’ or ‘space’, but we should also understand the commons as a collection of processes for meeting the information needs of our societies.“
“The information commons is closely related to notions of community and communal practice.”
“As actually existing institutions, libraries provide us with infrastruc-ture and experience useful for advocating a vibrant information commons. Libraries suggest a concrete image of what the information commons can and should provide.”
“Libraries and other institutions are only effective in the commons to the extent that they fulfill the information needs of their communities.”
Quotes from “Information Commons, Information Literacy, and the Learning Commons.” The Information Commons Handbook
“…having an Information Commons in the library serves to strengthen and highlight the library’s position as the central learning place on campus. Project-based and collaborative learning in particular flourish in the Information Commons, where users have access to both skilled staff consultation and an array of technology in a single welcoming environment.” (Herrmann)
“Thus the Information Commons is based as much on collaboration and cooperation among reference staff, computing, IT, media services, and faculty as they teach and provide services to students, as it is on collaboration and cooperation among students working in groups to produce complex audio-visual texts....The principal role of the Information Commons is to support the development of this new multi-media literacy by providing seamless access to all necessary services and resources.” (Herrmann)
Several selected principles from the list developed by ALA at Nov. 2001 roundtable:
“We might understand the commons as a ‘place’ or ‘space’, but we should also understand the commons as a collection of processes for meeting the information needs of our societies.“
“The information commons is closely related to notions of community and communal practice.”
“As actually existing institutions, libraries provide us with infrastruc-ture and experience useful for advocating a vibrant information commons. Libraries suggest a concrete image of what the information commons can and should provide.”
“Libraries and other institutions are only effective in the commons to the extent that they fulfill the information needs of their communities.”
Quotes from “Information Commons, Information Literacy, and the Learning Commons.” The Information Commons Handbook
“…having an Information Commons in the library serves to strengthen and highlight the library’s position as the central learning place on campus. Project-based and collaborative learning in particular flourish in the Information Commons, where users have access to both skilled staff consultation and an array of technology in a single welcoming environment.” (Herrmann)
“Thus the Information Commons is based as much on collaboration and cooperation among reference staff, computing, IT, media services, and faculty as they teach and provide services to students, as it is on collaboration and cooperation among students working in groups to produce complex audio-visual texts....The principal role of the Information Commons is to support the development of this new multi-media literacy by providing seamless access to all necessary services and resources.” (Herrmann)
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