by Jennifer Howard
The buzzing of smartphones, the clacking of computer keys, the chatter of study groups: Academic libraries aren't the quiet temples to scholarship they used to be. Personal portable technology takes some of the blame. So does the current pedagogical emphasis on group work. In response to students' devices and habits, many libraries have installed coffee shops and embraced the learning-commons model of design, creating wired spaces where groups can gather and plug in...
3 comments:
Interesting to see that they have allocated a whole floor as a quiet space
Yes, we'll have to do a whole lot of research before getting rid of our Quiet Reading Rooms.
I vote we keep at least one quiet reading room, possibly 4th floor as further away from noisy outside quad
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