Creating the academic commons: guidelines for learning, teaching, and research
Gould, Thomas H. P.Unknown
Scarecrow Press, Inc (Maryland, 2011) (eng) English9780810881082UnknownUnknownEDUCATION, HIGHER; UnknownToday'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 roadmap for libraries seeking to establish their own Academic Commons, complete with suggestions regarding physical structure and software/hardware options. And to ensure new ideas are examined, evaluated, and adopted broadly, Gould shows how the Millennial Librarian can be at the center of this evolutionary library. Including information regarding the latest technological advances, this book will be an invaluable guide for librarians.
Physical dimension
xxxii, 285 p.24 cm.Unknown
Summary / review / table of contents
Introduction : The millennial library --
Part 1. Supporting students and faculty : The learning commons --
The teaching commons --
The research commons --
Part 2. The supporting elements of an academic commons : The components of an academic commons archiving scheme --
The electronic book --
Libraries as publishing houses and the long tail theory --
Access, security, and funding options --
Part 3. Evolving issues facing the academic commons movement : Copyright, intellectual property rights, and privacy --
Selling the millennial library and its academic commons to its stakeholders --
Long-term challenges: politics, staffing, and the fourth commons --
Appendix A. Resources for survey techniques and analysis --
Appendix B. Research and collaboration tools --
Appendix C. Library case studies.