From ma35 at evansville.edu Fri Jul 27 13:44:12 2007 From: ma35 at evansville.edu (Atwater Singer, Margaret) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:44:12 -0500 Subject: [Reference] FYI - Looking To The Library As the "Third Space" On Campus Message-ID: <5C7554D82F4671478985015814A65B770B668E9B@UEEXCHANGE.evansville.edu> Looking To The Library As the "Third Space" On Campus By Steven bell on Libraries Among college architects and administrators, there's a lot of talk these days about an idea called "the third space." Many colleges have plenty of buildings that were designed for either living or working. But they're short on "third spaces" , spots where communities naturally gather and interact. A number of colleges are looking to libraries to fill the role. Read more at: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20070725_ap_coll egelibrariesnotjustbooks.html >From the Kept-Up Academic Librarian