This chapter focuses on a powerful context for learning: community. Community catalyzes
deep learning and should be a critical consideration when planning physical and virtual …

The apparent death of academic libraries, as measured by declining circulation of print
materials, reduced use of reference services, and falling gate counts, has led to calls for a …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a high‐level investigation of the physical‐
conceptual continuum occupied by both digital and physical libraries. Design/methodology …

Web 2.0 technologies focus on peer production, posting, subscribing, and tagging content;
building and inhabiting social networks; and combining existing and emerging applications …

This study investigated recent academic library construction across US not-for-profit, four-
year or above colleges and universities. The first phase of this study identified 85 stand …

Focus of this article is on reviewing literatures of students' attitude toward research report
writing. The authors of this review asked questions regarding the students' attitude toward …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the use made of the Research Commons
during its first year of operation in an attempt to establish whether it actually provides a …

This paper presents a conceptual framework of space design principles and conditions for
learning in academic libraries. The researchers reviewed relevant literature and identified …

Over the past two decades, academic library spaces have evolved to meet the changing
teaching and learning needs of diverse campus communities. The Information Commons …

The Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is a leading design education institute in Hong Kong
under the Vocational Training Council (VTC) group. Opened in September 2010, the HKDI …