A Field Guide to the Information Commons

A Field Guide to the Information Commons
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9780810866508
ISBN-13 : 0810866501
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Book Synopsis A Field Guide to the Information Commons by : Charles Forrest

Download or read book A Field Guide to the Information Commons written by Charles Forrest and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our sources of information, and the practices we use to find it, are in a period of rapid flux. Libraries must respond by selecting, acquiring, and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative services, and building different types of spaces to support changing user behaviors and patterns of learning. A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes an emerging library service model that embodies all three spheres of response: new information resources, collaborative service programs, and redesigned staff and user spaces. Technology has enabled new forms of information-seeking behavior and scholarship, causing a renovation of libraries that revisits the idea of the "commons"—a public place that is free to be used by everyone. A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes the emergence, growth, and adoption of the concept of the information commons in libraries. This book includes a variety of contributed articles, and descriptive, structured entries for various information commons in libraries across the country and around the world.


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