The Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons at Penn State
<div><p class="AbstractParagraph">This article describes the Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons at the Penn State University Park campus and its use by library patrons. The Knowledge Commons required a major renovation of the first floor of the Pattee Library. In addition...
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doaj-72ce258bced14392ba2f02304c2ba1922020-11-24T23:16:28ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghPennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice2324-78782015-04-0131294010.5195/palrap.2015.7852The Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons at Penn StateJoseph Fennewald0Penn State University<div><p class="AbstractParagraph">This article describes the Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons at the Penn State University Park campus and its use by library patrons. The Knowledge Commons required a major renovation of the first floor of the Pattee Library. In addition to providing attractive and inviting new spaces for students to study and collaborate, it includes library, tutoring, information technology, and multimedia support services. Many of these services existed prior to the Knowledge Commons but were not used to the extent they are now. As this article shows, increasing the accessibility of services and offering them in an attractive new setting will increase their use.</p></div>http://palrap.org/ojs/index.php/palrap/article/view/78 |
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<div><p class="AbstractParagraph">This article describes the Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons at the Penn State University Park campus and its use by library patrons. The Knowledge Commons required a major renovation of the first floor of the Pattee Library. In addition to providing attractive and inviting new spaces for students to study and collaborate, it includes library, tutoring, information technology, and multimedia support services. Many of these services existed prior to the Knowledge Commons but were not used to the extent they are now. As this article shows, increasing the accessibility of services and offering them in an attractive new setting will increase their use.</p></div> |
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