These are the different technological spaces, tools, and equipment the libraries commonly offer for in-library or take-home use as part of learning commons spaces.

Technological Services in Learning Commons

These are the different approaches, furniture, and types of rooms/zones commonly used in Learning Commons to create a variety of learning spaces to meet diverse and dynamic learning needs/styles.

Space configurations in Learning Commons

These are the programs focused on developing academic and professional knowledge/skills offered by libraries as part of their information commons spaces. 

Academic and professional training services in Learning Commons

These are services that are designed as part of a Learning Commons to meet the needs of a specific community of people.

Population specific services in Learning Commons

These are variations of references services offered as a part of Learning Commons spaces.

Reference Services in Learning Commons

- Access to technology
- Diverse space configurations
- Academic and professional training services
- Population specific services
- Reference Services

Georgetown University

Rather than focusing on the resources or services offered by a library, the Learning Commons model centers the users of libraries, and how to best support their dynamic processes of learning.

Learning Commons

Oliveira, Silas M. "Trends in Academic Library Space: From book boxes to learning commons." Open information science 2.1 (2018): 59-74.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opis-2018-0005/pdf

Library as Place

While some people use Information Commons and Learning Commons interchangeably, it is more often seen as a progression from the first to the latter, with Information Commons defined through the pursuit of information, and Learning Commons defined through the creation of new knowledge. 

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