The Configuration of Writing Centers in Learning Commons (Responses). Creator: Stephanie Bell, 2015, stepbell@yorku.ca


1	Timestamp	Institution Name	Writing Center name	Writing Center website	Country	Is your Writing Center involved in a Learning Commons in any capacity?	Learning Commons' official name	Learning Commons' website	How is your Writing Center physically configured in relation to the Learning Commons?	Does your Writing Center have an online presence that is separate from the Learning Commons' website?	Was your Writing Center involved in the planning and establishment of the Learning Commons?	Does your Writing Center share a budget with the Learning Commons?	Does your Writing Center share teaching resources with the Learning Commons?	Does your Writing Center offer programming or resources not considered part of the Learning Commons?	Does your Writing Center share administrative resources with the Learning Commons?	Additional information about your writing center	Is your Writing Center involved in the Learning Commons in a leadership capacity?	Does your Writing Center have a physical presence inside the Learning Commons?	Describe your Writing Center's physical locations	Additional details about your Writing Center's locations within and outside of the Learning Commons	How did your Writing Center become involved in the Learning Commons?	What were your initial feelings about working with the Learning Commons?	What are your current feelings about working with the Learning Commons?	For how long has your Writing Center been involved in the Learning Commons?	Who collaborates within the Learning Commons?	When was the Learning Commons established?	Where is the Learning Commons located?	Additional details about your Writing Center's online presence in relation to the Learning Commons' website.	Was your Writing Center involved in the initial institution and design process of the Learning Commons?	In what ways has the Writing Center or writing support benefited from the Learning Commons?	In what ways has the Writing Center or writing support been hindered by the Learning Commons?	Additional comments about Writing Center leadership in the Learning Commons	Additional comments about Writing Center location(s) in relation to the Learning Commons	Additional comments about the division of resources between the Writing Center and the Learning Commons	Additional comments regarding your satisfaction with the Writing Center's involvement with the Learning Commons?	Does your institution have a Learning Commons?	Has your Writing Center chosen to abstain from Learning Commons' collaborations?	Why has your Writing Center stepped away from Learning Commons collaborations?	Additional comments about decisions not to become involved in Learning Commons' initiatives	Please add any additional comments about your Writing Center's relationship with or involvement in the Learning Commons	Institution Type/Classification	Is your Writing Center involved in a university Learning Commons in any capacity?

2	8/21/2015 14:45:04	College of the Sequoias	COS Writing Center	http://www.cos.edu/Library/WritingCenter/Pages/default.aspx	USA	Yes	The Learning Resource Center	http://www.cos.edu/Library/Pages/default.aspx	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons, Satellite location(s) outside of the Learning Commons	No		No.	No.	No.	Not really--we're under the supervision of the Dean of Language Arts, but the director of the LRC wants to be our director.	We have 15 tutors, one full-time and two-part-time staff (part-time positions are currently vacant), and a varying number of full- and part-time faculty who work in the center. Our campuses are located in Visalia, Hanford, and Tulare, California. In total, our college district serves about 14 thousand students. We offer face-to-face tutoring one-on-one. We've also just launched a synchronous online tutoring program this semester, but we haven't seen any students online yet.	Several Writing Center associated faculty and staff serve on the tutorial task force, which makes recommendations to the College regarding tutoring.			On one campus, our Writing Center and other tutorial services are located in a classroom near the (very small) library.	Not sure--I think the Tutorial Task Force recommended that the Writing Center be moved into the shared tutoring space a few years ago.	Hesitant? Most of tutoring is handled by one person, and we've always enjoyed our freedom apart from that person.	Probably about the same. We're working really hard to maintain our independence even as we share space.	Fewer than 2 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs	Not sure.	In the library building--in face, the Learning Resource Center is the name of the library.		Again, I don't know--we've sort of evolved, rather than been planned.	We are beginning to cut down the amount of duplicated services as a result of our sharing.	Our new space within tutorial services isn't as good as our previous, separate space, but we're adapting--and in some ways, we're getting more traffic.	This is a very new relationship for us, and we're still not sure how we feel about it.					Not since we've been here--it's only been a few months.				Two-year community college
3	8/21/2015 14:50:17	Brigham Young University	BYU Writing Center	writingcenter.byu.edu	USA	Yes	Learning & Information Commons		Satellite location(s) outside of the Learning Commons	Yes							no			see below				Fewer than 15 years			In the library		no				We've partnered with Library Instruction and Information Literacy, an area under the umbrella of Learning Commons, to offer a Research & Writing Center next to the Learning Commons where undergraduate research assistants work alongside undergraduate writing tutors to provide research and writing help to students across campus.								University
4	8/21/2015 15:06:57	Niagara University	The Writing Center	www.niagara.edu/writingcenter	United States	No										6 peer tutors, 2 adjunct faculty tutors and one administrator. We have two locations on campus, one in library, one in Office of Academic Support in a dorm building, Seton Hall. We tutor any enrolled student with any kind of writing they want to accomplish. I will do online tutoring as we have a center in Toronto for Education students. Students there will send me papers for comment via-email or they will drive down for an appointment. Our tutors will also act as conversation partners with international students.								The Writing Center has NEVER been part of a Learning Commons													We do not have a learning commons on our campus where all services are concentrated. Our Writing Center is the first service to be added to the library and it's been very successful. The instructional librarian and Writing Center Coordinator do workshops periodically through the year to work on research, genres of papers, and documentation styles.		Our problem with a learning commons is that the library is not large enough to include other services such as tutoring, counseling, disabilities, etc. which are including in our building under the Office of Academic Support.	We would need a completely renovated library to accommodate the services that usually reside in a learning commons. We've investigated it, but the funding has been concentrated on academic improvements for departments so far. The library renovation is in the queue.	University
5	8/21/2015 15:32:32	Cornell College	Writing Studio	http://www.cornellcollege.edu/library/ctl/ws/	USA	Yes	Center for Teaching and Learning	http://www.cornellcollege.edu/library/ctl/index.shtml	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	No		No	Yes?		No	About 250 square feet? Located on the first floor of the library. We have 20 student consultants and two professional consultants. We offer one-on-one conferences on any writing, from lab reports and English papers to poetry and job applications. We also offer conferences on writing done in Spanish, German, French, and Russian.	Not sure what this means. We all report to the College Librarian, not the dean. (The College Librarian reports to the dean.) Does that help?			The "Learning commons" is actually the entire library.		It's lovely. Very collaborative. The Writing Studio is part of the community, not separate or tucked off in the back of some academic building. By being part of this larger learning community, we have also avoided the trap of being viewed as part of one specific academic department, and therefore only open to one type of student writing.	Great. Very positive.	Fewer than 15 years	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Academic Technology studio; Quantitative Reasoning Studio	Early 2000s?	In the library		Yes	Traffic is great, because students are in and out of the library seeking support on a variety of projects.	Not sure. This is the only model I have known as a Director.	As Writing Studio Director I am very much part of the Learning Commons, as we work together to develop ways to reach out to faculty and students, but I am also given the autonomy to develop programming and models for my Writing Consultants.	I love being part of the whole commons. It provides a great opportunity to model collaboration for students.		I have had a very positive experience, though I have heard of the Learning Commons model resulting in growing pains for other institutions. One big reason for my satisfaction, I think, is that all centers work together, and we also work closely with library circulation, the library secretary, etc. There is not a sense of hierarchy but rather a sense of "we are all here for students and we all have an important role to play." This attitude makes a huge difference in the morale of all members in the building, and in the quality of assistance we are able to provide students. We are up to date on each other's departments, skills, and goals, and are therefore able to easily collaborate and model good partnerships. We also all report to the same person (the college librarian), another way we all feel connected.		No		n/a		four year college
6	8/21/2015 16:09:02	johnson county community college		http://www.jccc.edu/student-resources/tutors-accessibility/writing-center/index.html#.VdeCqLK6eWg	usa	No										Large campus, about 19k enrolled. WC staffs 16 faculty members, 23 peer writing tutors. Services include: tutoring, 1 crdt courses (8 in total), grammar hotline, OWL, WAC binders (syllabus, writing assignement, "A" paper example), Comp 1 &2 course books for rental, grammar & editing & speech and pronunciation software, 89 handouts on all aspects of writing, drop in service only. Open 7 days a week for total of 64 hours, has 82 chairs, 37 computers,								The Writing Center has NEVER been part of a Learning Commons													yes. We have Math, science, academic acheivement, language, economic, accounting, writing centers. The push over the years has been to consolidate but each of us holds a line in our disciplines/departments. All of us are fairly successful. for example, the math lab gets over 30k visits in a semester. the WC gets about 10-12k visits a semester. To consolidate would mean a loss of realestate (and frankly we could both be bigger) and to move to general tutoring since NO administrator would be willing to pay for 6 directors and a library director.		My department spends a lot of time ignoring me but they also love me. They have told administration that they would not allow the WC to be generalized. I have seen little writing about centralized centers, especially pertaining to increased usage for writing tutorials. I do see literature on how it increased useage for library staff.		two year college
7	8/22/2015 11:17:58	Santa Clara University	The Hub Writing Center	currently being updated	USA	No																		The Writing Center has NEVER been part of a Learning Commons													No. This decision was made outside of the center when it was created in 2008.				4-year, private liberal arts
8	8/23/2015 11:54:56	Allegheny College	N/A we do not have a stand-alone writing center	http://sites.allegheny.edu/learningcommons/writing/	USA	Yes	The Maytum Learning Commons	http://sites.allegheny.edu/learningcommons/2011/09/01/about-the-learning-commons/	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	No		Somewhat. The consultants are paid through work study. A small materials and miscellaneous budget is available to writing consultants through the Learning Commons.	Yes.	All programming done by the writing consultants is considered part of the Learning Commons. Some of the programming conducted by the Director of Writing is considered part of faculty development.	Yes.	Approximately 20 undergraduate writing consultants and one faculty member who serves as the Director of Writing. Located in The Learning Commons, which is located in the Academic Commons, which is located in the campus library. Services include 30 minute appointments or drop-in consultations and semester-long writing "matches." Consultants also offer in-class consultations and occasional special focused consultations such as senior project consultations.	No. The Director of Writing meets on a bi-weekly basis with the rest of the Learning Commons staff, but has no leadership capacity within the Learning Commons structure.			A recent renovation of the space resulted in two primary locations for writing consultations within the Learning Commons space: one small conference room and one round table in the small open area in the Learning Commons "hub" of the Academic Commons.	As a relatively new Director of Writing, I do not have the full history.	Positive.	Positive.	Fewer than 10 years	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Counselling Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Information Technology Services, Residence Life Services, Student Affairs, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services, Academic Advisors	Fall 2004	In the library.	The information about writing consultations and the writing consultants is embedded fully within the Learning Commons's website.	The Director of Writing was invited to give input for the most recent renovation of the Learning Commons space.	Being part of the academic support unit that is the Learning Commons demonstrates to students, faculty, staff, and administrators that writing consultations are valuable to all students in all classes, and is not just an extension of the English Department.	The main hindrance is related to marketing and visibility of the work of the writing consultants separate from the Learning Commons. Since there is no stand-alone writing center, all advertising, social media, etc. happens under the umbrella of the Learning Commons.				Overall it's a very positive and symbiotic relationship.		No.				Four-year liberal arts college
9	8/26/2015 10:36:30	UW-Waukesha	Writing Tutoring	http://waukesha.uwc.edu/academics/resources/asc/tutoring	USA	Yes	Academic Success Center	http://waukesha.uwc.edu/academics/resources/asc	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		yes	yes	not currently	yes	24 hours per week of peer tutoring 5 peer tutors 1 professional staff currently only tutoring is being offered but we are working on expanding our presence	Our leadership structure involves the Director of the Academic Success Center at the top. Under this position are a Math Specialist and a Writing Specialist. Under these positions are peer tutors.			The writing center is currently paired with math as a tutoring program. We will soon be reconfigured as part of a larger learning commons that also houses the library and IT.		I am a little concerned about the link between writing tutoring and math tutoring as I see them as different forms of tutoring, even though most philosophies are shared. I would like to see the our small tutoring program develop into a more complete Writing Center. We currently have very low usage of our services and I think this may be one reason why.	I have been in this position for less than a month so my thought are still developing.	unsure	Study Skills, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Academic Advising	unsure	central areas of campus	The OWL functions as a separate identity with a separate professional staff, though some peer tutors are shared. It functions under a separate budget than the Academic Success Center.	unsure. I am new to this position and do not have the history.												two-year colelge
10	8/31/2015 10:41:20	John Carroll University	John Carroll University Writing Center	http://sites.jcu.edu/writingcenter	United States	Yes	The Learning Commons	http://researchguides.jcu.edu/learningcommons	Primary location(s) separate from the Learning Commons, Satellite location(s) within the Learning Commons, Satellite location(s) outside of the Learning Commons	Yes		No.	No.	Yes; we advertise ourselves separately from the Commons at orientation events, in class visits, etc.	No.	Approx. 30 consultants on staff, including graduate assistants in the English department and undergraduates across all majors. Undergraduate consultants must complete a 3-credit training course taught by WC Director. Main Writing Center location is housed in an academic building on campus, close in proximity to the English department. Two satellite locations: After-Hours (W and Sun 7-9 p.m.) in Learning Commons space in campus library, and a professional tutor who offers consultations specifically for students registered with the Services for Students with Disabilities Office. We offer consultations for any type of writing from any discipline at any point in the writing process.	The Director serves on the Learning Commons Committee when needed.				The Learning Commons study table format grew out of the preexisting After-Hours that the Writing Center held in the library.	I was enthusiastic to be a part of a greater group of resources for students on campus, and to find ways to appeal to students who work on their writing later in the day, after the regular Center's location was closed for the day.	I'm still happy to be a part of it, but I'm frustrated by the fact that we feel so stagnant. There's been promise of development every year, as well as talk of hiring a Director, getting a budget, etc., but it feels like the Commons is less of a priority for the administration than other student-centered projects. Additionally, it does not help that we do not know who controls the budget or is really "in charge."	Fewer than 5 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Counselling Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services, Health Center (wellness workshops)	We began a pilot about 3 years ago with just a few study tables from academic disciplines, which built on the Writing Center's After-Hours that had been in place since 2010. The Commons has continued to expand since about 2012, adding more study tables and wellness workshops each year.	In the Garden Level of the campus library.		Yes.	We have the ability to reach students who are working on their writing late at night and are too busy during the day with classes and athletics to come into our regular location. Additionally, our presence shows that we can exist and carry on our functions outside of an academic building.	Nothing that I can think of.	At present, we do not really know who is "in control" of the Learning Commons. The library director kind of oversees the Commons operations, but the Learning Commons budget is not connected to either the library or the Writing Center; rather, it is a separate line within Academic Affairs.					No.				Four-Year college
11	11/4/2015 13:49:54	Governors State University	GSU Writing Center	www.govst.edu/owl	USA	No										We have four tutors who offer individual, 45 minute appointments, usually for upper division and graduate students in the Writing Center; four Sophomore tutors who offer drop-in tutoring for freshmen and sophomores in the residence hall and the library; APA and general workshops in the Writing Center; a writing tutor in the library who answers general questions about writing, but does not review papers; and an online writing center that provides revision suggestions within 24 hours.								The Writing Center has NEVER been part of a Learning Commons													Although we have not had to make a decision about the learning commons, the W.C. has changed because we have a new dean in our area who is committed to the learning commons model. The W.C., although a part of the Academic Resource Center was located in a separate office. Not only has the new dean moved us to the ARC, he has required many other services from the WC.			My primary concern is that students receive assistance from knowledgeable tutors and that the WC be managed in a manner that is congruent with the best practices of the field, and I fear that Student Affairs professionals do not understand these best practices and shape services on the basis of what is marketable and makes for "good advertising."	University
12	11/11/2015 16:16:31	University of Texas at Austin	University Writing Center	uwc.utexas.edu	USA	Yes	Learning Commons at PCL (Perry Castaneda Library_	https://www.lib.utexas.edu/learningcommons	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No.	Yes. There are closets full of laptops that can be reserved along with rooms for presentations, etc.	I suppose our outreach to high school dual credit programs may not be considered a Learning Commons project. We've never discussed it. We maintain autonomous programming and find ways to collaborate wherever we can.	No.	We are located in the largest library on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The school has between 55K and 60K students; we conduct between 10K and 11K consultations each year. We have 4 permanent staff members: director, program coordinator, business manager, systems analyst. We also have grad student administrators: 3 assistant directors, 2 presentations co-coordinators, 2 co-editors for Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, and 2 post-docs who coordinate new initiatives. Our primary work is one-one-one consultations with undergrads, but we also do about 150 presentations annually to undergraduate classes and groups. This year we started an embedded tutors program (12 classes represented this semester). We have also begun offering individual consultations and writing groups for grad students. We are also offering online consultations and drop-in support for high school students enrolled in certain UT dual-credit programs.	Yes. The director and program coordinator are members of the Steering Committee.			The LC includes a media lab, 4 active learning labs, the writing center, and a librarian's suite.	The librarian who had spent years researching LCs approached us. She knew we had similar values and methods of working with students. She also knew our space (back then) was unsuitable for the quantity of consultations we held, and also had no good space for presentations.	Excited, a little nervous about how things would change	Positive. This is a mutually beneficial relationship.	Fewer than 2 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Media lab; oral communication; Sanger Learning Center; more to come	August 2015	main floor of the library	We actively publicize each other's events, whether or not those events are co-presented.	Yes, from the beginning.	Our new consulting floor is spacious and flooded with natural light. This is a huge change for us. The consultants and students all love it. The librarians are just around the corner if we need them, and we've encouraged consultants to use the Chat function to contact them during consultations. To enhance collaboration, we're having librarians hold Reference Hours in the writing center next week, to be available for research consultations on the spot.	Our space is often a wreck in the morning, after students have been studying in it all night. Food everywhere. Ick.	As with any partnership, we've encountered differences of opinion, but we consistently work them out.	When we are not open for consultations, our space is open to students for study.				No--just the opposite! We are being strategic about increasing collaborations.				university
13	12/17/2015 14:43:11	University of Nebraska at Kearney	Learning Commons	www.unk.edu/lc	USA	Yes	UNK Learning Commons	www.unk.edu/lc	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	No		Writing Tutors, as with all tutors, are funded by the LC's budget.	We are not an academic division, so no teaching responsibilities are required of LC professional staff. (I might not quite understand what the question is asking.)	No.	Yes--	The WC is one of our Learning Commons' services. It is housed in the library along with all other LC services. We have between 11 and 13 tutors a semester just offering writing tutoring (we have between 60 and 65 for all services combined).	Yes--I am the Assistant Director (to whom all LC staff report) of the LC as a whole AND the supervisor for all writing center tutors.			The WC is completely integrated with the LC. Subject tutors and writing tutors occupy the same space.	Academic Program Reviews recommended that the various tutoring services on campus consolidate. The Library was interested in developing its space and bringing in additional services.	The merger preceded my time here.	In short, I absolutely love it.	Fewer than 5 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Student Affairs, Peer tutoring programs	2010	Calvin T. Ryan Library	We offer synchronous and asynchronous tutoring through the website.	Yes--the LC emerged from a collaboration between the library, Peer Tutoring, and the Writing Center. Peer tutoring was then under the Academic Success Office in the Student Affairs division. The LC is now its own autonomous department; I report directly to the Dean of Student Affairs. I have a counterpart Assistant Director who reports to the Dean of the Library.	It finally had a budget line! Writing Tutors now receive CRLA training and certification.	Well, administratively, I have not always had the time to devote the attention I would like to devote to the WC because of the responsibilities of the director's position. We have a grad assistant this semester who has taken over direct supervision, and it has been a great semester!!	In my case the WC director IS the leadership in the LC, so there is no differentiation.		Best thing ever! The Learning Commons director position has considerable freedom to pursue new services in addition to or as an extension of existing services. The WC is associated with writing tutoring, but we are attempting to expand its role to include reflective writing and goal setting opportunities for students as an effort to help impact retention.	Totally satisfied! I would love to chat with you more and will send a separate email.		No.			I convinced Steven North to consider the idea of merging WCs with other campus services as a way to increase budgets. I was pleased with myself!	University
14	1/16/2016 13:32:29	Franklin University Switzerland	Writing and Learning Center	under construction	Switzerland	Yes	Fowler Learning Commons	under construction	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		not as of yet	yes	no	not as of yet	We are a small campus, with circa 400 students, 2 staff (Director and Assistant Director), 16 tutors in writing, math, and languages, face-to-face only	yes			We merged a branch of the library with the WLC to make a Learning Commons	We initiated the proposal with the dean of academic affairs	I co-created it	I love it	We just combined a branch of the library with the WLC to make a larger learning commons	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services	About 2 months ago	In a building with professor offices and classrooms	We are working on both websites, but each will be different, located under Academic Support	yes	More people use it	the former tutors were a bit reluctant to give up their 'club-like' space	The Director of the WLC co-directs the space with the Library Director	The Learning Commons formally comprises a collaborative space, where we are located, and a quite study space	This is a very new space, we are working on merging more completely this semester	This is a work in progress		No		NA	It is a perfect solution for our small campus	4 year liberal arts
15	1/17/2016 11:25:58	The Georgia Institute of Technology	The Communication Center	http://communicationcenter.gatech.edu	United States	Yes	G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons	http://clough.gatech.edu	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No	No	Yes	Only where facilities management is concerned	Undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc tutoring. Located in the learning commons. Approximately 30 staff members.	Yes			We have a large facility consisting of seven different spaces within the commons.	Senior Administration decided we would be part of the new building	I was fine with it.	90% happy.	We were founded when the new learning commons opened in 2011.	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Information Technology Services, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services	2011	It is its own building, but it is attached by a walkway to the library.	N/A	Yes	Facilities support (it is a 24/7 building). No facilities overhead.	Facilities management can make arbitrary decisions without considering the academic mission.	The Director of the center reports to her college dean and school chair, but the funding is from the central administration	N/A	N/A	N/A		No		We are very active with other units housed in the commons.	Overall, it is a good situation for us.	University
16	1/17/2016 13:56:35	Abilene Christian University	ACU Writing Center	www.acu.edu/writingcenter	USA	Yes	ACU Learning Commons	guides.acu.edu/learningcommons	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No.	No.	Yes. Much of what we do is outside of/unrelated to learning commons space	No.	Twelve-15 tutors, Director, Asst. Director; face-to-face and limited online asynchronous sessions; standard tutoring plus graduate student workshops, faculty writing cafes. Prime location in Learning Commons, next to Starbucks.	No. "Homeowners Association" model.			Prime real estate: next to Starbucks, can't be missed. Envy of other partners.	Input regularly requested from Instructional Design leader.	Happy to receive attention from synergy.	Same, but Library Dean, hired since LC was established, a bit uptight.	Fewer than 10 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Information Technology Services, Speaking Center, Maker Lab	2007	In library	Informational; tutor photos; resources, links, email, director profile.	Yes.	Increased traffic helps all partners; synergistic design works well.	I can't think of any.						No.			I have been allowed to retain my autonomy in an otherwise collaborative situation; I get to thus enjoy the benefits of both models.	University
17	1/17/2016 18:56:31	Christopher Newport University	Alice Randall Writing Center	http://cnu.edu/academicsuccess/writingcenter/index.asp	U.S.	Yes	The Center for Academic Success	https://thecompass.cnu.edu/organization/academicsuccess	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Not sure what you mean by size. We have three small offices and access to the learning commons areas. I employ 11 tutors, and we do 15, 30 minute, and one hour sessions (those are for groups only)	No			We share all of the space, including the large room and smaller conference rooms. The writing center has two dedicated offices and as the director I have an office too.	The administration decided to merge the entities	I was not pleased since the Learning Commons is a considerable behemoth, tied to issues like retention, and I did not want the Writing Center to be further associated with remediation.	Slightly more at ease	Fewer than 5 years	Study Skills, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs	2012	On the first floor of the administration building, Christopher Newport Hall		No	We have a "high dollar address" that we previously did not	None		We share a front desk worker but are each run by separate directors	We remain quite separate from each other			Yes		We want to remain separate from the L.C. and keep our own identity and goals.		Four-year university
18	1/18/2016 10:26:34	Augustana College (Illinois)	Reading/Writing Center	http://www.augustana.edu/academics/academic-centers/learning-commons/readingwriting-center	USA	Yes	Learning Commons	http://www.augustana.edu/academics/academic-centers/learning-commons	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No	No	Since the LC is so new, not many campus constituents think of us as part of it yet.	Only with one very part-time admin assistant	Located in the library/center for student life; 24 peer tutors and 3 faculty counting myself; reading and writing tutoring; Writing Fellows for first-year comp classes	Yes			Our WC was here first; Learning Commons was built around it and now includes it.	An administrative push to streamline student support access points and create synergy among offices	Pleased	Pleased, though I have had to create some small boundaries re: how far to consider us part of LC (keeping our own course codes and advisory board, for example)	Fewer than 2 years	Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs	August 2015	Library/Center for Student Life	Again, the WC website was first, but is now organized under the LC website. We also have our own WC Facebook and Twitter accounts.	Yes, somewhat	We were previously the de facto learning center as well, so with the addition of a staff member to administrate the "study skills" portion of our work, the WC has been freed up to focus more on reading/writing for all students.	None so far.	As WC director, I am one of three WC professional faculty/staff; a 4th LC person was hired <1 year ago to oversee all other parts of the LC					No. Quite the opposite; we include our new colleague in staff meetings, our advisory board, and many informal conversations.			See above (We include our new colleague in staff meetings, our advisory board, and many informal conversations.) Overall, the move has been a positive thing, as it has brought a bit more PR and a slightly higher level of administrative attention to our work.	college
19	1/18/2016 17:32:03	Coe College	Writing Center	it's being updated!	USA	Yes	Coe College Learning Commons	in progress	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		We used to have a separate budget. The dean would like our budgets to be merged.			Somewhat. We do not have major administrative needs.	60 undergraduate peer consultants open 76 hours/week established in 1986 Writing Fellows program embeds consultants in > 20 first-year seminar classes each fall CWC consultants present their research at Writing Center conferences each year We offer conversations about writing at any point in the writing process.	We are a parallel, collaborating organization. The LC director sees our organization as a model for integrating students into the LC.			We have our own space with walls (glass) and a door.				Fewer than 2 years	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services	Fall 2015	in the library	we're revising the website as of January 2016	Last year's director, who was an interim after a long-serving director retired, was involved in some of the planning.	Being in the library--where students are actually writing--has helped our walk-in traffic and visibility. Previous location was off the beaten track, and may have felt a bit like a clubhouse--which might have appealed to some students and put others off.	We used to have a much larger (3 or 4x larger) space of our own with kitchen and 24-hour access. This provided a space for consultants to build community with each other and study--as well as relax and goof off. We miss this kind of space, and we are striving to find ways to build community--and reward consultants for being together-- in our new space.				It's a work in progress. There are advantages and disadvantages.						4-year residential liberal arts college
20	1/19/2016 10:28:05	Onondaga Community College	no separate name, part of Learning Center	http://students.sunyocc.edu/index.aspx?menu=928&id=34300	USA		Learning Center	http://students.sunyocc.edu/index.aspx?menu=928&id=34300	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	roughly 25 professional writing tutors, same qualifications as adjunct faculty	One among equals. We have an assistant vp to oversee it all.				Various academic support units created a master plan for academic support. Admins pushed for the central location	Unsure about it, but there was not much choice.	OK, we are working through it.	Fewer than 2 years	Study Skills, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs	Fall of 2014	Near our student center/central advising and registration	We are transitioning from asynchronous email tutoring to using WC Online online tutoring	Yes, we were consulted	Newer space, access to private rooms, classrooms, etc instead of open tables and cubicles.	Noise and space are still an issue		We are part of the larger tutoring body	It's all one budget.			No				two-year college, open adminissions
21	1/19/2016 11:47:36	Southern Oregon University	SOU Writing Center	hanlib.sou.edu/lc/writing.html	US	Yes	The Learning Commons		Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No	Yes	No	Yes	Staffed 6 days/week by 10-12 peer tutors. Housed in the library.	No					The Writing Center and LC are integrated. I can't imagine them being separated.	Being integrated with the rest of the LC is wonderful. In a tutoring session and need help with research? Let's go talk to the reference librarians. Need more specialized help on your cover letter? Career Connections is just down the hall.	Fewer than 5 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Information Technology Services, Peer tutoring programs, Career Services		Library	The LC website links to the WC's website.		It offers a more rounded, integrated learning experience for our students and, if they take advantage of that, it allows them to see how all their work is connected.							No				University
22	1/19/2016 16:51:34	Kalamazoo College	Kalamazoo College Writing Center	https://reason.kzoo.edu/writingcenter/	United States	Yes	Kalamazoo College Learning Commons	https://reason.kzoo.edu/learningcommons/	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No.	Some, but not all.	No.	Some, but not all.	Our Writing Center is located on the first floor of our library. We have a staff of 12-14 Peer Writing Consultants who work with students in individual consultations.	Yes.				Our Learning Commons was initially developed through a collaborative effort between the directors of the Writing Center, Bio/Chem Center, and Peer Research Center. The directors of New Media Design, the Math/Physics Center, and our ESL support program have subsequently joined this collaboration as we continue to develop our Learning Commons.	I was excited about the possibilities of increasing the visibility and viability of peer-to-peer academic support on campus.	I think that we have just begun to explore the possibilities of collaboration and idea-sharing across our different centers. We have developed a really supportive community among the center directors and it's been great having colleagues who are also in the business of facilitating peer-to-peer learning to share ideas with.	Fewer than 5 years	Libraries, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, New Media Design, ESL	2014	In our library		Yes.	One of the biggest advantages has been the opportunity to bring our student staffs together for joint training in the pedagogy of collaborative learning.	Not at all on our campus. This has been an entirely positive move so far.			Because our Learning Commons is a collaboration between distinct centers, we share resources when it makes sense to do so. Otherwise, we manage our own administration.			Nope, we want more!				Small Liberal Arts College
23	1/21/2016 15:01:16	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	UMHB Writing Center	http://success.umhb.edu/writing-cru	USA	No	Center for Academic Excellence (CAE)	http://success.umhb.edu/home	The study area in the center of the building is where most tutoring occurs and the WC and the CAE then have seperate private rooms and office space located at seperate ends of the building.	No		no	no	Yes, we offer workshops at the writing center and also provide training and assessment administration for writing courses.	no	Currently we have 9 tutors. We are located in Central Texas and are at a small, private Christian school. We offer f2f walk-in appointments and also hold student workshops.	Some collaboration occurs between the CAE and WC, but mostly thy are run separately.				Before the establishment of the WC the CAE had English tutors that would help with writing but when there was a push for a writing center on campus, the CAE did not want to take on this project and a director and assistant director were hired to run the WC.	Sometimes I would like to share more of our resources, but as the CAE was established first, it would be more of the WC sharing from the CAE's resources than the other way around.	We are still working through our relationship since we just started our WC this past semester (Fall 2015).	our writing centre shares a common area with our learning commons and grew out of the one on campus.	Study Skills, Writing Center, Counselling Services, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs, Supplemental Instruction		Renovated Student Success building on Campus	We have our own section under the Student Success page	no	We had a combined training where the CAE planned an hour going over questions asking practices, so that was helpful.	Sometimes the leadership of the CAE is a bit territorial and therefore we are establishing separate training and have to turn in our own CRLA certification. We also have some discrepancies on the use of a shared desk space.			We also have separate scheduling software and separate CRLA certification programs for our tutors.			No			I think that the relationship can work a lot better if all parties are enthusiastically working towards developing a strong relationship with shared resources.	University
24	1/25/2016 12:03:01	University of Central Missouri	Writing Center	writingcenter@ucmo.edu	United States of America	Yes	Learning Commons	n/a	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons, Satellite location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		no	if we need too. Right now, no	no	yes	18 tutors, 1 professional consultant. We offer online tutoring with Adobe Connect and OWL. We make presentations to classes, have powerpoints available. Currently, we offer face-to-face tutoring on a walk in basis	Yes, the wc coordinator works with the other 2 services housed there				We were told we would move there. No choice	We did not want to combine our services. We feel students will not come because the library is so far out of the way.	Now, we think maybe being in the library is a good thing because we will be able to offer hours that support the library hours and hence be of help to the students who use the library.	We will be moving to the Learning Commons Fall 2016; currently a writinf center satellite is housed there evenings.	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Subject area tutoring programs, Peer tutoring programs	4 years ago	library third floor		No	This is yet to be determined	hierarchy and establishing protocols has distracted from our main job.		We are a separate entity housed in the Learning Commons				no			We believe that this relationship will be a positive one, for the writing center workers and for the students we serve.	university
25	2/17/2016 12:15:22	University of Guelph	Writing Services	http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/get-assistance/writing	Canada	Yes	Library Learning Commons	http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/get-assistance (no standalone site)	Primary location(s) within the Learning Commons	No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	4 full-time staff (1 manager + 2 writing consultants + 1 EAL specialist); 10 graduate student writing assistants; 18 undergraduate writing peer helpers. Types of tutoring: 25-minute appointments for all students (advanced booking & same-day sign-up); 50-minute appointments for grad students; 50-minute appointments for 1st & 2nd year undergraduates; 25-minute appointments for students working on theses and dissertations. Other services: In-class workshops for undergrad/grad classes; short courses and programs (e.g., Dissertation Boot Camp, Writing in the Sciences, Writing Tune-Up); EAL programs (writing, speaking, and cultural transition); faculty programs (Faculty Writing Retreat, workshops on writing instruction and assessment); events (Writers Workshop, Essay Madness); print and online resources.	Yes--the manager is part of an Operations Group with the other Learning Commons unit managers.			We're centrally located on the first floor of the Library and very visible, however our unit is not individually labelled or identified. We share a waiting area with other services, and our same-day appointments are offered alongside research help appointments.	We were linked with Learning Services and Supported Learning Groups in our previous location (part of Counselling Services). When we needed a new location, all three groups migrated to the Library and used the opportunity to establish a broader collaboration with other academic support units.	It was established before I began in my current role. Because the association of the core units predates the Learning Commons, it was fairly logical for our units to be connected in the library context. A greater challenge has been negotiating the Learning Commons' identity within the library. We are currently struggling to sort out what the Learning Commons is (and have been for several years).	I think it's very positive. We have a great working relationship with other units, and as a result we are better able to serve students and grow as a team.	17 years (since 1999)	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Accessibility Services, Information Technology Services, Peer tutoring programs, Data Resource Centre	1999	In the library	Our Learning Commons services are presented in an integrated way on the Library website (there is no separate LC website). Similarly, individual services are not identified by unit but by topic or assistance (the idea being that students will search for a kind of support and may not know what unit offers it).	Yes	Financial and space resources within the library; central location and visibility; greater awareness among library staff and faculty; understanding of how writing fits within the broader academic picture; opportunity to have a say on services beyond our own writing centre work.	Lack of control over space and financial resources; lack of clarity for students about what help they can get and how to access it; split focus--we are asked to participate in conversations and activities that have little or nothing to do with writing.		Generally, our location is very good; the main challenges are how students interact with the services in that location (e.g., there is currently no reception)	Our Writing Centre has no separate budget--all our requests are considered at the Library management level.	Overall, I think we gain more than we lose by being part of the LC.		No			For many people, there is an assumption that being part of a Learning Commons is an inherently bad idea or a losing proposition...that hasn't been my experience. For us, being a part of the Learning Commons is a way for us to promote and model a more collaborative and supportive university community--I'd venture to say that it's not only better for students, but also more interesting and fulfilling for the professionals who work here.	University
26	4/25/2016 13:05:57	York University	Writing Centre	http://www.yorku.ca/laps/writ/centre/	Canada	Yes	Learning Commons	http://learningcommons.yorku.ca/	Primary location(s) separate from the Learning Commons, Satellite location(s) within the Learning Commons	Yes		No. The tutoring we do in the Learning Commons comes out of WRIT's budget.	No, though we do sometimes offer joint workshops... We were also collaborators on SPARK http://www.yorku.ca/spark/	Yes - all save for the drop-in tutoring that takes place in the Learning Commons	No.	One-2-one tutoring (face2face & video chat), "e-tutoring" or paper submission for written feedback; drop-in tutoring in the Writing Centre itself and in the Learning Commons in our library; writing workshops; elective writing courses. Instituted as an academic unit within the Writing Department, which also offers an honours BA in Professional Writing. Centre typically has 7-10k one-to-one student appointments/year. Generally have around 30 writing instructors fall/winter - some tenured/tenurable full-time faculty in the Department, a great many more contract faculty, and about a dozen graduate student "TA"s. Located in a central campus building that also houses other academic departments and their faculty offices.	To an extent. Some WRIT faculty sit on the Learning Commons' Steering Committee - as well as other subcommittees - but the director's position is within Libraries.			We primarily housed in a separate academic building. We offer drop-in tutoring in the "writing centre" hub in the library.	Unsure - I'll get back about this.	WRIT was supportive of the LC's foundation.	Great. The LC functions as a productive space for LC partners to share and collaborate on interdisciplinary programming.	Fewer than 10 years	Libraries, Study Skills, Writing Center, Career Services, frequently engage with other partners, but those identified here are the core collaborators.	Unsure	The Scott Library (the Lib Arts library on campus. There are other libraries for business as well as engineering and science)	The Learning Commons links to our site. I'm in the midst of adding a link to theirs!	Unsure - I'll get back about this.	The Centre's exposure in the library is a great marketing tool. Many students who come to the library drop-in service are unaware that the Writing Centre exists.	No evidence of this. Going forward, it's possible that there could be some ambiguity about which unit - the Centre or the Commons - should lead, fund, hire for, WIC and WAC initiatives.	Those of us from WRIT who are involved have very good working relationships with other Learning Commons' partners.		We are quite separate entities.	Personally, working with LC partners has been enriching. I'm glad for the opportunity.		I don't think so. We do not participate in all or to the same extent in all LC programming. This is a function of our limitations as a small department. Our full-time faculty have a heavy service burden within the department.		a	We have a good relationship. Happily an autonomous collaborator.	University