Talk:Information Commons
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Brilliant though the new Information Commons at the University of Sheffield is (and I'm not an entirely unbiased observer), the penultimate bullet point needs to be amended to refer to the more general usage of Information Commons as a library or learning space with pervasive IT. The University of Sheffield's new facility is almost certainly the first in the UK to use this label, but it has gained in popularity in North America and elsewhere during the last decade.
There are two distinct variants in the types of facility so designated
- large standalone buildings, such as Sheffield's, the University of Auckland's, and Loyola University's
- areas of existing buildings, usually university libraries, equipped with student computers and often refurbished and refurnished to accommodate the necessary power and data services
A useful but now somewhat dated guide to IC facilities worldwide was compiled by David Murray in 2001 and is available at http://www.brookdale.cc.nj.us/library/infocommons/ic_home.html.
I will be happy to make an edit along these lines, but will be grateful for comments and other examples first.
Artq55 21:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
