The document summarizes the services provided in the Learning Commons, which include instruction on using library resources, general assistance, collection development, interlibrary loans, reserves, study spaces, print and electronic resources, displays, research help, copyright clearance, Angel support, A/V equipment setup and support, workshops on technology and social media tools, student email support, tutoring, computers and software, and a digital media studio. It also provides details on the current status of the information resources collection, which has grown to 42,000 items including books, eBooks, DVDs, videos and numerous journals, newspapers, images and other resources available through interlibrary loan and databases.

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Services Provided in the Learning Commons
• Provide instruction on using the library
resources in Library Orientations, Reference
Services
• General information and assistance with
directions, resources, printing and software
provided by circulation desk staff
• Collection Development
• Interlibrary Loan
• Management of reserves for student and
faculty use
• Flexible and active learning and study
spaces
• Print and electronic resources
• Displays featuring programs and events
• Individual research help
• Copyright Clearance
• Angel Support
• Online production and distribution of
meetings and lectures
• A/V equipment setups for the college
• A/V equipment purchasing /consulting /
troubleshooting
• Workshops on technology tools through
our Tech Fridays
• Workshops on social networking tools such
as Twitter, wikis, Facebook, and blogs
• Student Email Support
• Student Tutoring
• Computers and software available for
student assignments
• Digital Media Studio
• Open Educational Resources
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TraditionalLibraryServices
EducationalTechnologySupport

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•42,000 Items (books, eBooks, DVD/Videos) in our
collection,up from 20,000
•28,000 full-text eBooks
•Over 6,000 full-text journals
•350 full-text newspapers, broadcast transcripts, and
Roper Center polls and surveys
•Over 1.5 million images in our image databases
•Access to the collections and services of more than
10,000 libraries worldwide through interlibrary loan
and World Cat
•Broadcast transcripts from the major television and
radio networks as well as political transcripts
covering Congressional committee hearings, press
briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense
departments, and presidential news conferences
•Campus news from nearly 300 individual college/
university papers
•Wire services, updated several times a day, including
respected names such as the Associated Press,
Business Wire and PR Newswire
•Non-English language news sources available in
Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch,
including both newspapers and magazines
Current Status of the Information
Resources Collection
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