Focus of Presentation
As the author of the seminal article that defined the core requirements of
an Information Commons, Don Beagle will focus the symposium on why an
Information Commons can make such an important impact on information
services on campus. He will consider the idea of the information commons
as an agent of change and differentiate between an information commons and
the all-common computer labs. Finally, Don will point toward the lifecycle
of the Information Commons as it evolves towards new “learning commons”
that are ever more integral to the mission of the college and university.
Speaker Bio
Donald Beagle joined the faculty of Belmont Abbey
College in 2000, having previously served as Head of the Information
Commons and as Associate University Librarian at UNC Charlotte. He also
consults in association with Informed Strategies (InformedStrategies.com).
Beagle did his graduate work at the University of Michigan where he won
the Hopwood Writing Award, and was later the first recipient of NCLA's
Doralyn J. Hickey Award. His research and Web-publication projects have
received support from the Benton Foundation, the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Apple Library of Tomorrow, and LSTA Digitization grants.
Beagle's twenty-two published articles include studies of Information
Commons management models that are among the most widely cited in the
field.
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