flexible, different spaces for different needs e.g. whole class study tables, quiet study rooms that can also be used for multiple purposes eg watching videos), conversation corners, reading corners, comfy chairs that can be moved around, laptops, wireless (forget about desktop computers), mobile shelving, great lighting, love a cafe area outing on to the library where kids can read/study/eat/drink; using technology eg ebooks. Great display areas....just to start :)

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"CK-12 has developed an online system for collaborative, custom-collated, self publishable educational content that can be adapted for individualized needs in a digital-age textbook known as a FlexBook. "

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division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1277 journals and 6,131,218 full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,955,839 articles free . With our partner publishers we produce 71 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.

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