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Breakout IA: Library: Focusing on the Transformation of the Library into an Integrated Learning Center
Reporting Out

Sarah Felton, Susan L. Perry

Breakout Session I-A: Focusing on Classrooms

L. Paul Zajfen, Emily Gwynn

Breakout Session I-B: Focusing on Informal Spaces

Thomas C. Celli, Crit Stuart

Breakout Session I-E: Working Through the Programming Process

Kent Duffy, Sarah Felton

Breakout Session II-B: Considering Sustainability

Kent Duffy

Breakout Session II-C: Connecting Pedagogical Approaches, Technology, and Learning

Martin Halbert, Michael C. Lauber

Breakout Session II-D: Considering Renovations/New Construction

L. Paul Zajfen, Charles Forrest

Breakout Session II-E: Working with Design Professionals

Thomas C. Celli, Nell Ruby

Breakout Session III-A: Describing Institutional Planning: The Vassar College Story

Michael C. Lauber

Breakout Session III-B: Coordinating Campus-Wide Planning

Kent Duffy, Charles Forrest

Breakout Session III-C: Identifying & Engaging Key Players

Crit Stuart, Rosemary Levy Zumwalt

Information Commons: A Spectrum of Options

Joan K. Lippincott, Martin Halbert
Libraries are developing information commons or learning commons to create a closer connection between the library's physical space and the learning needs and styles of today's students. These facilities give particular importance to three elements related to the learning process: provision of technology, access to digital information, and availability of spaces in which students can collaborate. In this session, we will explore some features of existing information commons, describe what kinds of services are typically included, discuss types of group spaces that such facilities incorporate, and discuss issues related to interior design, including furniture.

Plenary Session I: The Emory University Story

Charles Forrest, Charles Forrest

Plenary Session I: The Georgia Institute of Technology Story

Crit Stuart

Plenary Session III: Snapshots

Plenary Session IV: The Agnes Scott College Story

Rosemary Levy Zumwalt, Nell Ruby, LaNeta Counts, Emily Gwynn

Other Resources

Library: An Integrated Learning Center

Henry Myerberg
"The stereotype of libraries as musty repositories of old books has never been less true." Henry Myerberg, a principal at the Rockwell Group, goes on to emphasize, encourage and show how the library is and should be an integrated learning center. He believes the library is a place without borders and with the considerate infusion of technology will grow in its capacity to serve students.