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Author: Anthony Molaro
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2015-02-06
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0838912591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis stimulating collection offers numerous snapshots of innovation in action at a range of libraries, showcasing ideas and initiatives that will inspire librarians at their own institutions.
Author: Anthony Molaro
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2015-02-18
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0838912745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgress for the sake of progress is all too often a drain on precious time and resources. The communities and users that libraries serve are always changing; true innovation helps libraries adapt to meet their needs and aspirations both now and in the future. This stimulating collection offers numerous snapshots of innovation in action at a range of libraries, showcasing ideas and initiatives that will inspire librarians at their own institutions. Among the topics covered are The importance of creating organizational structures that lead to innovationStrategies for getting library staff and other stakeholders on board and engaged, complete with a step-by-step toolkit for achieving innovative outcomesWays to expand the library beyond its walls to deliver exceptional and innovative services to library usersMoney-saving initiatives that use technology to improve users’ experienceInnovative uses of library spaces, such as designing and implementing a digital media labExamples of creative programming, from running a C2E2-style comic convention, creating an “idea” forum, to re-envisioning a children’s writing club and launching Readtember, a month of literacy programs featuring zombies, dads, and gamingThis valuable sourcebook encourages readers to take big risks, ask deeper questions, strive for better service, and dream bigger ideas.
Author: Nancy Falciani-White
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2021-03-22
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 0838937780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book can help you create, encourage, and participate in an environment that is conducive to creativity, helping make change a more natural and organic part of the library's culture.
Author: David Silverstein
Publisher: The Innovators Toolkit
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780470345351
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovation guide for business leaders, managers, and new product developers. The Innovator's Toolkit explains all the fundamental tools and concepts anyone involved in innovation should be familiar with--especially methods and strategies for improving products and services and developing new ones. This book is written in an easy-to-use reference format that helps readers understand why, when, and how to apply each tool. The tools and techniques in this book are organized around a four-step innovation methodology--define, discover, develop, and demonstrate--that takes readers through problem identification, then flows into idea generation, idea selection, and, finally, idea implementation. Constant innovation is a necessity for business success today; The Innovator's Toolkit presents an effective plan for achieving it.
Author: Ron Starker
Publisher:
Published: 2017-05-20
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781945167300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTips, tools, strategies to make libraries relevant in the digital age. Transforming Libraries reevaluates learning spaces and research tools. Exploring opportunities to expand the way schools use libraries today, the book includes resources and ideas for adding audio and video creation spaces. Make your library a high-touch, high-tech, user-friendly gathering space.
Author: Kirstie Nicholson
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 2017-02-23
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0081012969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInnovation in Public Libraries: Learning from International Library Practice examines the recent activities of successful and innovative libraries around the world, presenting their initiatives in areas including library design, events and programs, and creating customer experiences. This timely guide provides an overview of these libraries' successful experiences and identifies emerging global trends and themes. The author offers library practitioners guidance on how to pursue these trends in their own library environment, identifying achievable goals when planning building and design improvements, and developing customer interactions in order to emulate the experiences of international libraries. - Presents a range of successful and innovative practices in one book, covering library innovation in building design, programs and events, and in customer experience and approach - Provides an international perspective on library activities, with libraries in different countries discussed - Analyzes the experiences of various libraries to identify common trends and themes - Provides practical advice for librarians who wish to emulate the activities of the libraries discussed, with recommended goals to action - Examines both the big picture of emerging global trends and themes, as well as highlighting the daily experiences of individual libraries
Author: H. James Harrington
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2016-09-19
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1315350688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the creative tools and techniques, decisions, activities, and practices that move ideas to realization generate business value. It has a unique leaning on learning and mastering the improvement tools for managing the investment in creating new opportunities for generating customer value. It includes the discipline of managing the creative tools, methods and processes involved in innovation. It can be used to develop both product and organizational innovation. This Handbook includes a set of tools that allow managers and engineers to cooperate with a common understanding of goals and processes.
Author: David Baker
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2016-12-21
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1785607308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the LIS sector and other cognate industries and environments.
Author: Mary K. Bolin
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 2017-08-23
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0081018673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data. The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference, instruction, preservation and general administration. Most libraries still have public services and technical services, and are still very print-based in their organization, while their collections and services are increasingly electronic and virtual. This book gathers information on organizational patterns of large academic libraries in the US and Europe, providing data that could motivate libraries to adopt innovative organizational structures or assess the effectiveness of their current organizational patterns. - Contributes to the literature on the globalization of information and of library and information science - Analyzes and presents data in a way that allows librarians and library administrators to consider what organizational patterns are the most effective for the goals they are pursuing - Includes emerging patterns that are not widely seen in the academic library population
Author: Nicole Hennig
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2017-06-21
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1440854416
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acceleration of technological change demands that today's information professionals and educators not only be constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills, but also that they cultivate the ability to make sound judgments on which technologies to embrace. Today's librarians and information specialists know it's imperative that they keep up with new technologies. But not all technologies are equally important, either within the library setting or to library patrons. So how does one decide which ones to pursue and integrate into services? In the uphill battle to stay current with new and emerging technologies, deciding which ones to pursue and integrate into services is a major challenge. A secondary problem is simply finding the time to consider the question. Readers of Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies will learn all of the best practices and skills to keep up with new technologies and to analyze the ability of specific technologies to meet recognized user needs—all in this single source. You'll learn the best ways to gather information about new technologies and user needs, to evaluate and analyze information, to curate technology information for others, to set up experiments and evaluate the results, and to present your findings to persuade decision-makers. Written by the former head of user experience at MIT's library system, this guidebook serves information professionals, educators, education technology specialists, and anyone with "emerging technology" or "innovation" in their job titles. It will also be useful for library administrators and those who manage these positions as well as for students seeking a technology-oriented or curriculum-design career path in libraries.
