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Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces in Higher Education
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Traditional roles of higher education are giving way to academic partnership, research and open resources. Libraries play a key role to serve as a gateway to information and to promote intellectual...
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16 September 2020

Modern academic libraries must respond not only to pedagogical changes, but to technological changes. Accommodating advances in technology into library space, design, and management is a critical challenge. How can modern libraries successfully integrate traditional learnings forms with digital ones? This book presents case studies and empirical evidence which focus on the current landscape and future potential posed by the changing face of libraries. Readers are invited to learn how the re-modelling and new architectural design of existing libraries can revitalise the library space and inculcate digital literacy development within their walls. The authors offer an engaging account of how libraries’ meet users’ needs and utilize stakeholder inputs to design truly innovative library spaces.
Price: $111.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Series: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
Publication Date:
16 September 2020
ISBN: 9781839097836
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational strategies & policy, EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions, EDUCATION / Research
‘This book provides case studies across the physical and virtual information landscape. The chapters offer theoretical context and practical guidance for considering, planning, actualizing, and assessing library learning spaces that are designed to meet 21st century access needs.’
Enakshi Sengupta serves as Associate Director of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA.
Patrick Blessinger is the Chief Research Scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA.
Milton D. Cox is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching at the Center for Teaching Excellence, Miami University, USA.
Part 1. Collaborative Learning Space
Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Effective Library Learning Space in Higher Education: Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Milton D. Cox
Chapter 2. From 'Dust to to the Dawn of a New Age: Afra Bolefski
Chapter 3. Library Collections at Georgia Tech and the Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative: Alexis Linoski, Sofia Slutskaya and Elizabeth Holdsworth
Chapter 4. Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces - Student2StudentScholar: Christena A. McKillop
Chapter 5. User Experience Applied At University Libraries: Marina Chagas Oliveira and Adriana Maria de Souza
Chapter 6. A Study On Digital Literacy Perceptions when Designing Library Learning for Rural Community Colleges: Nancy Adam-Turner, Dana D. Burnett and Gail K. Dickinson
Chapter 7. Live Online Information Literacy Teaching and Learning: Ute Manecke
Part 2. Effective Design
Chapter 8. Beyond the Classroom: Abigail Moore and Beth Caruso
Chapter 9. Designing Library Space to Support Evolving Campus needs: Daniel J. Harper and Katy B. Mathuews
Chapter 10. Building a Better Space: Katherine Quinnell