by Janette S. Blackburn, AIA, LEED AP

Challenges and Issues in Designing an Information Commons

In “Breaking Down the Barriers to Working and Learning”, Janette Blackburn discusses design approaches that reflect evolving library service models. The paper was included as a chapter in the book, “A Field Guide to the Information Commons”, published by Scarecrow Press in February 2009.

NOTRE DAME, IN – Shepley Bulfinch has been awarded a major renovation project for the Theodore Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame.

The 150,000 s.f. renovation of the two main floors at Hesburgh Library includes the creation of an information commons The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009.

The firm’s recent work for other Catholic institutions of higher education includes projects for Georgetown University and Boston College, as well as projects now beginning construction at Xavier and Marquette Universities.