Information Commons: Learning Space Beyond the Classroom
September 16th & 17th, 2004
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:45 | Continental breakfast and check-in on Leavey Terrace |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Leavey Library Tours: tours every 10 minutes |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome & Opening Remarks: Anne Lynch, Undergraduate Team Leader, Center Chair |
| 10:10 - 11:45 | Information Commons Roundtable: selected representatives from operational IC's each got 10 minutes to talk about whatever they regard to be the highlight or key to success in their IC and state opportunities and challenges they face. |
| 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch: It's Business as Usual for You - But It's New to Me Over lunch participants exchanged information about services and capabilities some already support that others are looking to incorporate into their operations |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | Co-location, Cooperation & Collaboration within the
Information Commons: Commentary & Discussion
Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, - Discussion Leader IC-like environments operate under a variety of names and organizational structures: some are administered & staffed exclusively by the library, while others have some form of joint management and operation. Is there a service model that works best or do local factors govern what's appropriate? What is the range of services being offered? What differentiates an information, learning, knowledge and research commons? What are the staffing support issues? How does traditional reference service fit? |
| 2:45 - 3:10 | Break; refreshments on terrace |
| 3:10 - 4:10 | Implementing a "Culture of Assessment" Within the
Information Commons Amos Lakos, Rosenfeld Management Library, UCLA Shahla Bahavar, Undergraduate Reference Coordinator, USC Marianne Bracke, Science-Engineering Team, University of Arizona The panel discussed developing a "culture of assessment" within the information commons environment and the approaches IC managers might take to determine their level of success in identifying and satisfying students' current, and future, needs and setting priorities among the services they can potentially provide. |
| 4:10 - | Multimedia Showcase: Demonstrations of SHOAH, InscriptiFact, and student class projects from Annenberg's Multimedia Institute |
| 4:30 - | Tours of campus and other libraries were available, multi-media projects were set-up on learning room workstations for browsing according to participant's interests |