Building libraries in the virtual age

Hurt, Charlene S.

doi:10.5860/crln.58.2.75

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“…Another is the “coordinated and extended set of study and workspaces offering an array of options ranging from traditional individual study to collaborative conference areas”(Beagle, 1999, p. 85). This need for a new way of interacting with information resources and fellow students is emphasised by Hurt (1997, p. 75): “library users need group study rooms and tables, individual and group carrels, and a mix of seating comfortable for various styles of working together”.…”

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Navigators and guides: the value of peer assistance in student use of electronic library facilities

Jager

2004

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States that in 2001 the University of Cape Town (UCT) Libraries opened a new and integrated learning centre based on the “information commons” concept fairly common in the USA today and first encountered at the Leavey Library of the University of Southern California. Discusses the results of a series of interviews with student assistants working in the Knowledge Commons, in an attempt to provide an evaluation of the impact of this resource on teaching and learning at UCT. Concludes that the study has confirmed the importance of most of the unique features of the information commons as discussed in the literature.

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confidence: 99%