This Week @ AU

Members of the Board of Trustees and the president and chief executive officer of EBSCO Industries Inc., Dixon Brooke, will hold the dedication of the new Learning Commons in Auburn University's Ralph Brown Draughon Library at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Funding through a gift by EBSCO helped create this space that was designed to respond to the needs of today's students. Throughout the past three years, The Libraries has worked closely with Auburn's students to gather input in order to have a space designed by the students and for the students. The Learning Commons features 300 additional power outlets, 10 group study rooms and almost 500 new seats. The Libraries partnered with the Miller Writing Center, the Office of Information Technology and Study Partners to provide academic and technologic assistance in one convenient space with library reference services for users.

Students can now print PDF or TXT files on the networked printers in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library from anywhere on campus. Log in and select the desired printer (black-and-white or color) from the drop-down menu. Standard printing fees will be applied to your eBill account: Black-and-white printing is 6 cents per page and color printing is 50 cents per page. The printers are located in the Learning Commons on the second floor and in the Office of Information Technology computer lab on the third floor. Go to www.auburn.edu/tigerprint to start printing or for more details.

Designed by you, for you and funded by EBSCO Industries, the Learning Commons is now open on the second floor of Ralph Brown Draughon Library. After gathering student input over the last three years, the Learning Commons features an additional 300 power outlets, 10 group study areas, movable whiteboards and 415 new seats all conveniently arranged in one space with the Miller Writing Center, Study Partners, an Office of Information Technology HelpDesk and library reference services from RBD subject specialists.