Library Learning Commons are in the mainstream news now and if you are looking to convert a library or libraries to this model, it's not a bad idea to start collecting articles from mainstream press to provide administrators and principals with background information so that they can understand how important the LLC model is as
Putting together a Lego station in a school library may be one of the easiest ways to get your first makerspace up and running. The good news is that it can be done cheaply. I read a blog post by Heidi Neltner in which she describes how she created a Lego table/station and obtained a large
If I were a library volunteer or doc-tech or an older librarian who had never been comfortable with new technology, the video displayed here might scare me a bit. It's a great promotional video for the Library Learning Commons in that it suggests exciting possibilities of what students might achieve in this revised library space, but
A learning commons requires more than moving the furniture. It's a new way of thinking about how we use library space and what we do as librarians. Submitted by Ellen Goldfinch More Than Comfy Chairs
The Treasure Mountain conference provided much food for thought. We all come from different circumstances, but we all share the same objectives: to ensure that school libraries are relevant and serve our school communities. The papers presented were interesting, you might be surprised to see how similar others' activities are to our own. Link to
