Learning Commons offers new study, collaboration space

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Learning Commons offers new study, collaboration space

by University Communication and Marketing
(From right) Julie Kirk shows student workers Darleen Ademba, Stacie Bub and Chelsea Lemburg how to use the resources offered at the service desk within UNL’s new Learning Commons at Love Library. The Learning Commons will assist with regular library services and information technology issues.
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(From right) Julie Kirk shows student workers Darleen Ademba, Stacie Bub and Chelsea Lemburg how to use the resources offered at the service desk within Learning Commons at Love Library. The Learning Commons will assist with regular library services and information technology issues.

The opening of the university’s newest academic hub — the Learning Commons at Love Library — is helping kick off the spring semester.

Located on the first floor of Love North, the $10 million, 30,000-square-foot Learning Commons opens Jan. 11, the first day of the spring 2016 semester. It will be open 24 hours a day, offering the campus community access to a modern, vibrant learning environment designed to encourage cross-discipline collaborations.

“The Learning Commons is helping us recapture Love Library’s role as a key academic hub on campus,” said Nancy Busch, dean of the university libraries. “This space is designed for students, faculty and staff to come and study alone or work in groups, using cutting-edge technology and instruction resources to further academic and research goals.

“When these doors open, the energy within the library will grow exponentially.”

The Learning Commons in Love Library includes 18 private study rooms, access to an ASKus service desk, a Huskertech help station for information technology, a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and baked goods café, a One Button Studio where users can record presentations, computer access, a vending area, and a variety of open study spaces. The Learning Commons can accommodate about 500 people and also offers an outdoor plaza with additional seating.

For more information on the Learning Commons at Love Library, click here.

Library and construction workers complete final projects within UNL’s Learning Commons at Love Library on Jan. 8. The new $10 million, 30,000-square-foot academic hub on the first floor of Love Library North opens Jan. 11. It will be open 24 hours a day.
Troy Fedderson | University Communications
Library and construction workers complete final projects within Learning Commons at Love Library on Jan. 8. The new $10 million, 30,000-square-foot academic hub on the first floor of Love Library North opens Jan. 11. It will be open 24 hours a day.
The Learning Commons in Love Library offers a variety of study and collaboration spaces, including a fireplace.
Troy Fedderson | University Communications
The Learning Commons in Love Library offers a variety of study and collaboration spaces, including a fireplace.
The Learning Commons at Love Library includes 18 study rooms, like this one, that can be reserved by library users
Troy Fedderson | University Communications
The Learning Commons at Love Library includes 18 study rooms, like this one, that can be reserved by library users
Brett Meyer vacuums the reading room in UNL’s new Learning Commons at Love Library on Jan. 8.
Troy Fedderson | University Communications
Brett Meyer vacuums the reading room in Learning Commons at Love Library on Jan. 8.

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