From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:32:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [136.159.98.133] (account joan@cni.org HELO pc133.tipm.ucalgary.ca) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 29567104 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:47:12 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_43140412-9ED3-4239-BDE9-B82C1FAAA35B" Subject: Survey on Infocommons, Knowledge Commons, Learning Commons, and Makerspaces X-Original-Message-Id: <601D5A2B-DDC2-4485-9D84-E7ACB305850F@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:47:10 -0500 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_43140412-9ED3-4239-BDE9-B82C1FAAA35B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear cni-announce subscribers: Posting on behalf of Martin Halbert, who is co-authoring, with Charles = Forrest, a second edition of A Field Guide to the Information Commons. = (Disclosure - I contributed to the first edition and plan to update my = chapter for the second edition). The book will contain a section = describing new types of library spaces in institutions, and the authors = seek information about facilities such as information or learning = commons and makerspaces. I encourage you to contribute information = through the survey link in the message below. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------- Greetings, If your institution has a library facility called an Information = Commons, Knowledge Commons, Learning Commons, Makerspace, or some = similar name, we invite you to complete a survey describing your = facility for inclusion in an upcoming book entitled A Field Guide to the = Information Commons (Second Edition), which will be published by = Scarecrow Press and authored by myself and Charles Forrest of Emory = University. The entries in this book will provide a snapshot of the = current state of development in academic and research libraries of the = information commons, a response to the pressures of a rapidly changing = research and learning environment characterized by acquiring and making = accessible a host of new online information resources, developing = innovative collaborative services, and transforming spaces to support = changing user behaviors and patterns of learning. Descriptive entries will include both text and images portraying = facilities in several dozen libraries across North America and beyond. = If you are interested in submitting an entry to the book, please fill = out the survey information at the following link. The survey will close = January 31st at midnight. https://unt.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=3DSV_8HNo4R1EReusCy1 Background: Developments in technology libraries and in the larger = society continue to enable new forms of information seeking behavior and = scholarship, drawing a response from libraries that harkens back to the = venerable notion of the =93commons,=94 a public place that supports = community, a place free to be used by everyone, which everyone has a = joint right to use, to participate in or share, a place that is = generally accessible, affable and familiar. The first edition of the = Field Guide described the early and rapid emergence of the concept of = the =93commons=94 and its widespread adoption among academic and = research libraries. This second edition will capture the continued = evolution of the trend. Many thanks for participating! Warm regards, Martin Halbert (Ph.D., MLIS) UNT Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor =20= --Apple-Mail=_43140412-9ED3-4239-BDE9-B82C1FAAA35B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252

If your institution has a library facility = called an Information Commons, Knowledge Commons, Learning Commons, = Makerspace, or some similar name, we invite you to complete a survey = describing your facility for inclusion in an upcoming book = entitled A Field Guide to the Information Commons (Second = Edition), which will be published by Scarecrow Press and authored by = myself and Charles Forrest of Emory University. The entries in this book = will provide a snapshot of the current state of development in academic = and research libraries of the information commons, a response to the = pressures of a rapidly changing research and learning environment = characterized by acquiring and making accessible a host of new online = information resources, developing innovative collaborative services, and = transforming spaces to support changing user behaviors and patterns of = learning.

Descriptive entries will include both text = and images portraying facilities in several dozen libraries across North = America and beyond. If you are interested in submitting an entry to the = book, please fill out the survey information at the following link. The = survey will close January 31st at = midnight.

Warm = regards,

Martin Halbert (Ph.D., MLIS)
UNT Dean of = Libraries and Associate Professor