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Learning Commons in Academic Libraries: Discussing Themes in the Literature from 2001 to the Present
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Blummer, Barbara; Kenton, Jeffrey M. – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017
Although the term lacks a standard definition, learning commons represent academic library spaces that provide computer and library resources as well as a range of academic services that support learners and learning. Learning commons have been equated to a laboratory for creating knowledge and staffed with librarians that serve as facilitators of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Library Services, Qualitative Research
Reference/Technical Services Cooperation in Library Instruction.
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Pausch, Lois M.; Penka, Carol B. – Reference Librarian, 1984
Traces the development of cooperation between reference librarians and catalogers, highlighting cooperative goals, role of the library catalog in meeting informational requirements of patrons, involvement of catalog librarians in library instruction, and patterns of library organization. Future trends are discussed. Twenty sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cooperation, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Information Search and Retrieval.
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Twidale, Michael B.; Nichols, David M. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1998
Considers how research in collaborative technologies can inform research and development in library and information science. Topics include computer supported collaborative work; shared drawing; collaborative writing; MUDs; MOOs; workflow; World Wide Web; collaborative learning; computer mediated communication; ethnography; evaluation; remote…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Electronic Libraries, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods
Where Would We Be without Them? Libraries and Adult Education Activities: 1966-91.
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McCook, Kathleen de la Pena – RQ, 1992
Reviews the role of public libraries in adult literacy and lifelong learning in the 25 years since the signing of the Adult Education Act. Discusses collaborative projects with other government agencies, and the public library's unique role of welcoming patrons whatever their educational needs might be. (43 references/notes) (EA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Involvement, Cooperation