Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2011

Abstract

In a period of fiscal constraint, when assumptions about the library as place are being challenged, administrators question the contribution of every expense to student success. Libraries have been successful in migrating resources and services to a digital environment accessible beyond the library. What is the role of the library as place when users do not need to visit the building to utilize library services and resources? We argue that the college library building’s core role is as a space for collaborative learning and community interaction which cannot be jettisoned in the new normal.

Comments

This is an electronic version of an article published in College and Undergraduate Libraries, 2011, 18, 2-3, 228-238. College and Undergraduate Libraries is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10691316.2011.577683

Publication Title

College and Undergraduate Libraries

ISSN

1545-2530

DOI

10.1080/10691316.2011.577683

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