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Creating the Learning Commons

Course
Closing [:42]
Pam Harland discussed why the learning commons is the cultural center of the school. She discussed the seven steps involved in taking your library from a traditional library to a user center where students have everything they need. Learn how to turn your library into an indispensable learning commons that your school won't be able to live without.

Additional Resources

Annotated Bibliography.

About the Author

Pam Colburn Harland

Pam Harland, EdD, served as a librarian for 25 years working in schools, public libraries, academic libraries, and at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She is now a member of the faculty at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire where she directs the School Librarian and Digital Learning Specialist educator preparation programs. Pam served in several leadership positions at the state level in NH and on the Board of Directors of the American Association of School Librarians. She was awarded NH's Elsie Domingo Service Award in 2016, NH's School Librarian of the Year Award in 2010, and NH's Intellectual Freedom Award in 2009. Pam authored The Learning Commons: Seven Simple Steps to Transforming Your Library (Libraries Unlimited, 2011). She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership in 2019 in which she researched the leadership behaviors of school librarians. Connect with her on Twitter @pamlibrarian

MLA Citation

Harland, Pam. "Creating the Learning Commons. Closing [:42]." School Library Connection, ABC-CLIO, November 2015, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Course/1987405?learningModuleId=1987406&topicCenterId=2247903.

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