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January 6, 2012 by Gary Price

Penn State University Upgrades Library's Technological Tools, Knowledge Commons Opens Next Week

January 6, 2012 by Gary Price

From the Centre Daily Times:

After a seven-month, almost $12 million renovation to the west wing of Pattee Library, the Knowledge Commons is scheduled to open Jan. 9 with 24-hour, five-day-a- week service.
“This is the most drastic change the library has ever had,” said Joe Fennewald, head of the Knowledge Commons.
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There are nine group-sized collaborative workrooms created by Steelcase. Each costs about $12,000 and can fit up to seven people.
Workstations in those rooms have a large flat-screen monitor on the wall above a table surrounded by seating. In the middle of the table is a device to which students can connect their laptops. Students then can share what is on their laptops by pressing the device, called a puck, to display the information on the monitor for the whole group to see.
Forty Mac computers will be in an interactive classroom that also has five flat-screen monitors on the walls. The instructor will be able to walk around with a laptop or tablet computer and display the content on the monitors wirelessly. There is no front of the room, as traditional lecture halls have.

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See Also: New Knowledge Commons area to open at Pattee Library on Jan. 9 (via  PSU Live)

  • Photos of the Knowledge Commons
  • Interactive Floor Plan

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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