and trust them to get the job done
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I will recognize that the universe of information culture is changing fast and that libraries need to respond positively to these changes to provide resources and services that users need and want
- Laura Cohen, Librarian 2.0 Manifesto, 2006
Ask the librarians, the users… ?
“One of the worst ways of approaching design is to let the customers do it. Customers are good at pointing out a need, a pain point in the market, but they are lousy at solving the problem.”
http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/04/entropy-design/
One of the main reason for working in teams is that it assumes that the decisions of a team will be better than if a member do it themselves, no matter how good and smart that person might be
Susan Wheelan, creating effective teams
Evolving principles at Chalmers LibraryShared responsibility over individual responsibility
Iterations enables us to plan, perform, evaluate and improve
Transparency encourages collaboration
Tools are chosen by the people who solve problems
Find out instead of debating or speculating
The role of management is to facilitate and remove obstacles
Develop services that support user behavior
And there is something about trust and value …
Chalmers Library Mission As a part of the public library system promote the democratic development of society by contributing to the dissemination of knowledge and freedom of opinion
Chalmers Library Mission
Universities are tasked to interact with society and inform about their work and activities ensuring knowledge dissemination, education- and research utilization.
Scholarly Communication Research information Publications Data Projects People Dissemination Learning Objects MOOCs Blended learning Assessment Sciento-/Bibliometrics Analytics Visualizations Ranking Open Access / Copyright Digital & Information Literacy
Information Resources Access Develop Maintain Assess Discovery
Learning Environment
Place Service Help Infrastructure Flexible
Dependency & Inclusion
Counter dependency & Fight
Trust & Structure
Work & Productivity
Low Productivity & Efficiency High
Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
Principles behind the Agile Manifesto