LibraryLinks Spring 2007
Downtown Center to Include New Information Commons
By Bern Mulligan
In addition to the 11 new state-of-the-art classrooms that will be available when the University Downtown Center opens for courses this fall, there will also be a new state-of-the-art Information Commons with more than forty computer workstations for patron use. The Commons will also include four group study rooms, five individual study carrels, and an adaptive technology room.
According to Dave Vose, Information Commons Coordinator, “Reader services, including circulation, course reserves, and interlibrary loan, will be provided as well as reference service and laptop loan checkout. The Commons will be staffed by a combination of Libraries’ and Information Technology Services’ personnel.”
Though the emphasis for the site is the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) and its courses, all three-hour courses scheduled before 3:30 p.m. will be held at the new center.
Early view of the new Commons