Is It a Library? A Student Center? The Athenaeum Opens at Goucher College

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Author: Scott Carlson
Publication Date: September 14, 2009

Article Abstract:

Goucher College's Athenaeum is a high-tech library, a public forum, classrooms, a café, an art gallery, a radio station, a center for community service, places to meet and converse, and many other spaces—all in one. This new flagship building concentrates the energies, talents, and traditions of the campus and community in a single, central location.

Lead:

Today's academic-library buildings, more than any other campus structures, have to be all things to all people—places where social and intellectual pursuits collide, places that serve the community and the individual simultaneously. Dig into a book. Get a latte. Collaborate on a project. Nap during a study session. College libraries are a destination for those activities and more.

Now at Goucher College, much more.  

Link to Article: http://chronicle.com/article/Is-It-a-Library-A-Student/48360/#top
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Article PDF: documents/http___athenaeum.chronicle.pdf

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