Library to Learning Commons: A Recipe for Success

Mierop, Kerrie

CO

Hayes, T. (2014). Library to Learning Commons: A Recipe for Success. Education Canada. Retrieved from http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/library-learning-commons

Summary: This article discusses how the traditional school library is no longer serving the needs of today’s students and teachers. The school library needs to evolve into a learning commons and embrace an inquiry learning base collaborative environment. This learning environment will create and foster a thriving reading culture. The learning commons will create a staff collaboration center, give the students the access to additional resources, and save variable research time for teachers, students, and the teacher librarian.

Review: The author uses the example of how she inherited her grandmother’s old recipes and how, although they are great recipes, with what we know about nutrition she has embraced a new healthier diet. The author agrees with her grandmother that food brings the family together, however, as time goes by we need to update these recipes to make them work for our diet. Just like the traditional recipes, the traditional library needs to be updated to make it accessible to the culture of today. The article is well written and lets the reader know that times and culture do change and we need to change with it.