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While visiting my parents this weekend in State College, I took a trip up to the Penn State campus to visit the new Knowledge Commons<\/a> in Pattee Library.<\/a> It’s always a treat to see new spaces coming online on campus. In short: what a fabulous space for students! To name but few quick obserations… There are post production labs<\/a> and quiet meeting rooms with sound proofing. There’s even a self-service recording studio<\/a> where a student can practice public speaking. At the end of practice, a copy of the recording gets automatically written to your thumb drive.<\/a> How cool is that? But one of nicest features is the very nice live wall <\/a>with real plants. Below are some pictures I took using my Droid 2 Mobile camera. I’m sharing the images via flickr with the Awesome Flickr Gallery plugin. My flickr account is found here. <\/a><\/p>\n

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While visiting my parents this weekend in State College, I took a trip up to the Penn State campus to visit the new Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library. 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