Info Commons 101 Webcast: Tuesday, July 22 @ 2 p.m.

All libraries colleagues are invited to attend a special webcast lecture, "Information Commons 101: Principles and Good Practices," on Tuesday, July 22 in the Dean's Conference Room. The session runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The webcast, which is sponsored by ALA and hosted by Joan Lippincott of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), will explore:

* Visions and goals for information commons
* Linking the information commons to learning
* Elements of an information commons
* Campus partners
* Staffing
* Understanding collaboration in an information commons setting
* "Quick fixes" while waiting for construction/renovation
* Assessment of an information commons

More information about the session can be found at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/infocommons101.cfm

Joan K. Lippincott has provided leadership for programs such as New Learning Communities, Assessment of the Networked Environment, Working Together, and collaborative facilities and learning spaces. She has written articles and made presentations on such topics as networked information, learning spaces, collaboration among professional groups, assessment, and teaching and learning in the networked environment. Her chapter on “Net Generation Students and Libraries” in an EDUCAUSE book on Educating the Net Gen www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen/ has received wide distribution. She is past chair of the editorial board of College & Research Libraries News and is on the board of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).