Editing Engineering Library II (section)

===== The Learning Commons =====

[[File:EnggLib The Learning Commons.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Learning Commons of UP Engineering Library]]
EnggLib came up with The Learning Commons (TLC) as a response to the changing information lifestyle of users, and changing methods of classroom instruction that has shifted from being individual-based to group learning. TLC is a space designed to promote interaction and collaboration among users and is a one-stop location for all things academic and digital, providing users with means to access the library’s digital resources, engage in multimedia projects, and do group coursework. TLC is a program that brings into maturity the library’s adaptation of the Commons concept, already introduced through other facilities such as the ERG Discussion Rooms, the DOST Reading Room, and the Reading Zone. TLC furthers this concept by integrating technology and ergonomics with information resources and services, to create an academic environment that magnifies learning possibilities by encouraging shared experience.<ref name="AR2012 1617">{{cite book|title=UP College of Engineering Library Annual Report 2012|date=2013|publisher=UP College of Engineering Library|location=Diliman, Quezon City|pages=16–17}}</ref> The facility is equipped with 30 Mac computers & 8 Windows PCs as Internet Portals, combined with 5 Windows PCs as Collaborative Workstations.

The '''Collaborative Workstations''' (CWS) is a facility specifically designed for engineering students and their academic needs. Each workstation is installed with programming applications and multimedia software, all open source, to aid them in their course requirements. The CWS is aimed to be an extension of the students’ classrooms and laboratories, allowing the students to work in groups and enable the healthy exchange of ideas among young minds. The Learning Commons encourages a culture of being the go-to place of students for their machine problems, media hub, laboratory exercises, or chill-out place, providing them with comfortable bean bags, carpets & a noise-allowed facility.<ref name=webfac>{{cite web}}</ref>
By its novelty and uniqueness, The Learning Commons has earned the EnggLib a distinct place among modern Philippine libraries and currently serves as a benchmark for other institutions with similar on-going projects. It also takes pride that after a year of operations, TLC was awarded as the '''Outstanding Library Program of 2010''' by the Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarian (PAARL).<ref name="AR2012 1617">{{cite book}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UP COE Library’s The Learning Commons is outstanding library program of the year|url=http://upengglogscript.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/up-coe-library%E2%80%99s-the-learning-commons-is-outstanding-library-program-of-the-year/|work=The Online Engineering Logscript|publisher=UP Engineering Logscript|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref>