Academic library as learning space and as collection: A learning commons' effects on collections and related resources and services

Authors

• DeeAnn Allison, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Erica DeFrain, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Brianna D. Hitt, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• David C. Tyler, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

D. Allison https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-061X

Erica DeFrain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5088-4866

Brianna D. Hitt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0645-0067

David C. Tyler https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5064-9057

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-2019

Citation

Published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship 45 (2019), pp 305–314

doi 10.1016/j.acalib.2019.04.004

Comments

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. Used by permission.

Abstract

A tremendous amount has been written about the library as a learning space and about this model's two most popular outgrowths, the information commons and the learning commons. Little to nothing, however, has been written about how reshaping an academic/research library and repurposing library space affects the library as a collection, its resources, and its collections-related services. This study looks at the immediate impact of opening a learning commons in an academic/research library on circulation, document delivery and interlibrary loan requests for returnables, and on- and off-campus database accesses at one institution.

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