Culture House – the Sound of Library Planning
It turns out that the noise level in the social "library as place" can be a positive factor in the learning environment. The library can be a social and active…
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Library – Learning Commons TouchPoints
Learning TouchPoints are an important part of the library - learning commons - physical program. The service desks, collaboration bars and hubs can be developed to include visualization TouchPoints; spaces…
I-Library – What about the Learning Commons?
The Bexar County library will open a prototype digital public library. According to "Paperless Libraries Switch to Digital" - It will have 100 e-readers on loan, and dozens of screens…
Making the Learning Commons Mobile
According to MIT Technology Review "Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started," mobile computing is spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history. Almost half of the "late technophobes" have…
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Shifting Libraries to Mobile to Support Online Learning
As library users shift transactions to smart phones and other mobile devises, libraries must anticipate how library users will anchor their cloud-based relationship to a real study environment. We are…
Education is Changing – Libraries Enhance Learning Support
Library buildings can be designed to enhance learning support and research. Librarians can support the workflow of their researchers by directly supporting, managing and aggregating the content. These days there…
Education for $10,000 – Use the Library
Recently, the University of Texas president Bill Powers addressed the need to lower the cost for college. He argued that is it already possible for some students to get a…
Visualizing the Library of the Future
NC State developed a wonderful video for their new library project. The video shows all of the different programmatic components required for a modern academic library including socializing, preservation and…
As Search Goes Mobile, Apps Change the Way We Use the Library
A couple of months ago, it seamed like all of the library information systems - ILS vendors were developing apps. The business of finding information had gone mobile; everyone was…
Creating a Culture House – Library Design the Teton County Way
In Libraries Open Doors, Data to Digital Art Displays, learned about LED light installations that use library data to create a cultural aesthetic. Back in 2007-2008, ACA worked with the…
