url: http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/11/10/disco-balls-waterless-urinals-and-augmented-reality-equipping-ourselves-to-create-innovative-library-learning-spaces/

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Disco balls, waterless urinals and augmented reality : equipping ourselves to create innovatie library learning spaces.

Kathryn Greenhill was a keynote speaker at the 6th ALIA Top End Symposium: exploring library spaces for learning and e-learning. This is her paper.

Abstract:

What skills do library staff need to evaluate whether innovations spaces are suitable for their users? How can they plan and implement these nimbly? In this keynote, Kathryn Greenhill reviews the physical spaces created in some of the most innovative libraries in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the Netherlands. She examines some of the tools and opportunities for creating new online spaces. She suggests two ingredients that are essential if we are going to create our libraries as effective learning spaces.