North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) Libraries and its Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications will partner with strategic consultant DEGW to design, share, and promote an updated model for college and university libraries to support emerging new online learning environments. This project will build on the NCSU Libraries’ previous leadership in building and promoting a first-generation learning commons, a model that has been widely adopted in academic libraries. The project will produce a kit of parts to build a next-generation online learning environment, assembly instructions, and a road map that will elaborate the design processes and phases involved in establishing and maintaining such services. These resources will be designed to be easily customizable and adaptable by a wide variety of college and university libraries.