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Thomas H. P. Gould - Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research - 9780810881082 - V9780810881082
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Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research

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Description for Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research Hardcover. This volume provides a roadmap for libraries seeking to establish their own Academic Commons, complete with suggestions regarding physical structure and software/hardware options and information regarding the latest technological advances. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GL; JNM; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Today's library is still at the heart of all university activities, helping students and faculty become better learners, teachers, and researchers. In recent years there has emerged the formalizing of one or more of these activities into an Academic Commons. These centers of information have been labeled variously but they all share a commonality: the empowerment of students and teachers. In Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research, Thomas Gould gives a detailed outline of the various roles and activities that take place in commons located within the administrative umbrella of the library. Gould provides a ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810881082
SKU
V9780810881082
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Thomas H. P. Gould
Thomas H.P. Gould is associate professor of Mass Communications at Kansas State University.

Reviews for Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research
Although there are many materials out there on the information/academic/learning commons, this handy resource should not be dismissed as extraneous. The author divides the various functions into separate chapters, and he calls the result the “millennial library.” With the presumption that the technology is changeable and unpredictable, all plans need to be open-ended and under continuous revision. Librarians using all ... Read more

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