Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller Recent documents in Michael D. Miller en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:34:47 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/20 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/20 Thu, 01 May 2008 15:18:41 PDT The Provost's task group met Spring Quarter 2007 to examine the role of the library in support of the academic mission of Cal Poly. This document describes the areas of study and related recommendations. Joseph Grimes Academic Libraries http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/18 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/18 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:42:14 PDT Michael D. Miller Learning Spaces http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/17 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/17 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:42:11 PDT Michael D. Miller Learning Spaces http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/19 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/19 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:41:47 PDT The roles of central information technology and library organizations are being transformed by demands that new campus services be delivered more effectively and efficiently. Both organizations have reasons for paranoia and reasons for optimism as they look into the future. Properly conceived, library-IT partnerships can reduce threats and increase opportunities. Stephen R. Acker Library - IT Collaboration http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/16 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/16 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:41:16 PDT To justify the substantial investment in bricks-and-mortar construction, colleges and universities must design and continually renew the physical spaces in which students learn. A variety of research studies document that today's students learn differently than did many of the faculty now teaching them and that the design of learning spaces can favor or disadvantage various ways of learning. Campus planners are challenged to build flexible interior spaces so that buildings with 100-year life spans can continually adapt to new generations of learners and our new discoveries of how people learn. Without this capacity to modify the learning environment, institutions put themselves at a disadvantage in attracting and educating contemporary students.New learning space design paradigms must adapt to student learning styles while still being mindful of the institution's need for fiscal efficiencies. Previously, the cost savings associated with large lecture halls, fixed seating, and minimal investments in technology drove decision making. Today, the emphasis is more balanced, and the roles that attractive learning spaces play in bringing the most accomplished students and faculty to campus and in increasing student engagement with learning are better recognized. This research bulletin describes the active, visual, collaborative learning processes preferred by a growing percentage of the incoming student body as determined by the Felder-Soloman learning-styles inventory, and then provides strategies for designing classrooms, libraries, and informal learning spaces to respond to those demands. Stephen R. Acker Learning Spaces http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/15 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/15 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:40:43 PDT In 1994, following the filming of Schindler's List, many survivors of the Nazi Holocaust came forward to offer their stories. Realizing that time was running out to document these personal histories, film director Steven Spielberg established the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (SVHF). In late 2003, the U-M University Library initiated contact with the SVHF with the goal of bringing access to the Video History Archive to the U-M campus. David Carter Academic Libraries http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/14 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/14 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:31:52 PDT The Media Union is a new facility that brings together information resources, information technology, and media production studios. It is unique in the blending of those resources into an integrated program serving the entire University of Michigan and supporting interdisciplinary collaboration. The Media Union anticipates the future not only by the proximity of its informational resources but by bringing together different types of information specialists to work collaboratively. The article provides a thorough description of the facility, its administrative structure, and examples of how pre-existing organizational units made the transition into the new environment. Michael D. Miller Learning Spaces http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/12 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/12 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:31:46 PDT Michael D. Miller Learning Spaces http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/11 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/11 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:31:43 PDT Michael D. Miller Academic Libraries http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/13 http://works.bepress.com/mdmiller/13 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:30:52 PDT Michael D. Miller Academic Libraries