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Fine-Tuning An Academic Library Information Commons By Building Collaborative Relationships, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney
Fine-Tuning An Academic Library Information Commons By Building Collaborative Relationships, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
This year’s successful completion of the $23 million—110,000 square foot expansion of the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte-- has also led to a concerted effort to “fine-tune” the Library’s new “Information Commons.” Incorporating five Public Service Desks, 180 public computer stations, and 1200 data drops, the Information Commons at the Atkins Library is designed to support interaction between library staff, faculty, and students –in finding, evaluating, using, and presenting information regardless of form and format.
Building and fostering collaborative partnerships amongst the multiple Library Public Service Desks (General Information Desk, Reference/Research Data Desk, Media Services Desk, Circulation Desk, …