- Use of screens, canopies, utility walls, and inflatable igloos, to screen off areas needing privacy
- Soft Seating
- Large tables for working on posters
- Furniture that can be moved
- Clear zoning
- Spaces to make, create, build, and construct projects (scheduled or spontaneously)
- Flexible spaces (microenvironments)
- Social learning spaces
- Open study zones
- Semi-enclosed pods
- Silent study areas
- Traditional study carrels
- Classroom facilities
- Refreshment zone
- Teaching Zone
- Multimedia bays
- ELearning Classrooms
- Makerspaces 

Examples of space configurations 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.

Georgetown University

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

Most Common Types of Services Offered in University 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

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

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.

Learn Before

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Learn After