The Learning Commons Department (est. 2009) is an administrative unit in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. It was created from the merger of the General Information Services Department and the Periodicals Department to supply a means for access to scholarly digital resources and a growing number of electronic databases for patrons of the Library.

The Learning Commons Department of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University was established in 2009 from the merger of the General Information Services Department and the Periodicals Department. After the Information Commons Project team had a two month investigation from February-April 2003 to determine how online access to library materials at BYU compared to other universities including the University of Arizona, Emory University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. After this analysis, the newly-created division of the General Information Services department focused on seven aspects to improve upon: 1) Reference and student workstations; 2) Collaborative learning rooms and areas; 3) Electronic classrooms; 4) Multimedia workstations; 5) Consultation stations; 6) Writing lab; and 7) Lounge area. By implementing such programs, this department ensured that the Heber B. Lee Library is state-of-the-art and effective for all students.

The General Information Services Department (2002-2009) was an administrative unit created from the merger of the General Reference Department and the Department of Library Instruction and Literacy to provide services to students in the Heber B. Lee Library to enhance their time there including multimedia sources, Library Instruction, and Distributed Learning. Closed with its merger with the Periodicals department to create the Learning Commons Department.

The General Information Services department was an administrative unit created from the merger of the General Reference Department and the Department of Library Instruction and Literacy in 2002 to provide services to students in the Heber B. Lee Library including Multimedia sources, Library Instruction, Distributed Learning, and the creation of the Information Commons. With these services, the department created 78 cooperative workstations, helped assist professors in First Year/Advanced Writing classes, provided online services including the "Ask A Librarian" link on BYU's website, and worked alongside other departments at BYU to utilize Blackboard in providing library services. In 2009, the department merged with the Periodicals department to create the Library's Learning Commons department.