Title
The Third Place: the library as collaborative and community space in a time of fiscal restraint
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.
Published In
Montgomery, Susan and Miller, Jonathan, "The Third Place: the library as collaborative and community space in a time of fiscal restraint" (2011). Faculty Publications. 32.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/as_facpub/32
Publication Title
College and Undergraduate Libraries
ISSN
1545-2530
DOI
10.1080/10691316.2011.577683
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