ABINGTON, Pa. — Writing on walls and tables is frowned on in most public spaces, but the staff of the renovated Penn State Abington library views scribbles as signs of success.
The library opened for the spring semester with new collaborative spaces, or glass bowls as one student referred to them, equipped with writable walls for puzzling through complicated equations or plotting out presentations with classmates.
Dolores Fidishun, head librarian, said the collaborative spaces are already heavily used.
“Students particularly like them and the ability to extensively use whiteboards and other white surfaces to share their work,” she said.