This online training will prepare you to design a learning commons that helps you achieve your programmatic goals. You will leave with:
Programmatic considerations for implementing learning commons on campus
The ability to connect programming goals to learning commons design choices
Many examples of finished learning commons spaces to aid your own design
Our expert presenters bring the experiences of multiple projects to the table. Their firsthand knowledge will help answer your learning commons questions and move your project forward.
Who should attend?
This program is ideal for those who are in the visioning or planning phase of a library learning commons. An effective library planning team may consist of the dean or director of libraries, the primary advocate for the library project, and other stakeholders from library, information technology, academic affairs, and facilities management.
Agenda
In planning programmatically for your learning commons, have you:
Formed a collaborative partnership with IT services?
Identified key academic partners in programming your learning commons spaces?
Properly addressing shifting library personnel responsibilities and expectations?
Case studies: Where program meets learning commons design
Approaches to designing multiple learning environments in a single space
Lessons learned in creating patron traffic flow patterns
Keys to balancing public and private technology usage
Sample blueprints of actualized learning commons spaces
3 lessons learned in sharing learning commons and library spaces
