| A Field Guide to the Information Commons Contributor(s): Forrest, Charles (Author), Halbert, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810861003 ISBN-13: 9780810861008 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: A Field Guide to the Information Commons describes the emergence of the concept of the information commons in libraries and its rapid spread and adoption, and includes a variety of contributed articles and descriptive, structured entries for various information commons in libraries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General |
| Dewey: 025.523 |
| LCCN: 2008039244 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (1.00 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |