很多早期的IC意念都著重於電腦的購置，這篇文章提出了在IC服務模式發展上一個很重要的概念－－Commons 2.o；隨著大學教育的演進，加上通訊和電腦科技的不斷更新，IC要走向一種更靈活創新的服務思維，以支援現代學生的學習需要。

文章解釋 Commons 2.o的意思、敘述其組成元素、及列出五個原則性指引：開放、自由、舒適、有啟發性、實用。

With changing expectations and technologies, the information commons must also evolve from a space for students to gather and work with technology to one that fosters student learning in a new and creative ways — Commons 2.0.  This insightful paper describes what Commons 2.0 is about, what it should look like, and list its 5 guiding principles: open, free, comfortable, inspiring and practical.