Learning Commons in the 21st Century

What will libraries look like in the future? Instructional leaders and lead librarians from twenty districts are working to answer that question in the Learning Commons in the 21st Century (LC21) project. The project will take place over the course of the 2010-2011 school year during which districts will clarify their vision of their own library media centers and make plans to achieve that vision. 

On November 18th, Allison Zmuda worked with district instructional and the accompanying lead-LMS for the district to begin the process of visioning your Learning Commons of the future (LC21).

This will be followed up by a visit from David Loertscher on December 1st. David is the author of The New Learning Commons: Where Learners Win. He will tell districts about the cutting edge in libraries, media centers, and learning commons. In January, the project will embark on a virtual out-of-state field trip to see a “state of the art” learning commons in action. Participants will get to “see” the learning commons and chat with the director.  Allison Zmuda will return to OCM BOCES on February 17th when she will complete the visioning process and help you start to formulate a plan to achieve your vision.

Participation in the LC21 project is paid for by a member item grant from NY Senator David Valesky.