The learning center is an integrated, fully-coordinated facility, combining a number of traditional library, media development, and personalized learning functions. Conceptualizing the learning center is facilitated through a description of the premises for such a center, the components, and guidelines for developing a learning center. De Anza College's Learning Center personnel chart is included as an example of one possible personnel configuration. An activity model for learner-centered education shows the role played by the learning center in providing access to learning. (AH)