Navigators and guides: the value of peer assistance in student use of electronic library facilities

States that in 2001 the University of Cape Town (UCT) Libraries opened a new and integrated learning centre based on the "information commons" concept fairly common in the USA today and first encountered at the Leavey Library of the University of Southern California. Discusses the results...

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Published in:VINE. Very informal newsletter on library automation 2004-09, Vol.34 (3), p.99-106
Main Author: de Jager, Karin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Cape Town University
Computer assisted instruction
Computers
Digital libraries
Education
Educational technology
Electronic media
Higher education
Information sources
Internet resources
Interviews
Knowledge
Learning
Learning centers
Learning commons
Librarians
Libraries
Library materials
Library staff
Mentors
Multimedia computer applications
Peer mentoring
Peer tutoring
Peers
Reference books
Software
South Africa
Students
Studies
Teaching
Universities
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Summary:States that in 2001 the University of Cape Town (UCT) Libraries opened a new and integrated learning centre based on the "information commons" concept fairly common in the USA today and first encountered at the Leavey Library of the University of Southern California. Discusses the results of a series of interviews with student assistants working in the Knowledge Commons, in an attempt to provide an evaluation of the impact of this resource on teaching and learning at UCT. Concludes that the study has confirmed the importance of most of the unique features of the information commons as discussed in the literature.
ISSN:0305-5728
2059-5891
1474-1032
2059-5905
DOI:10.1108/03055720410563450