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Designing the Future-Proof Designing the Future-Proof Library:Library:Here’s How We Do It!Here’s How We Do It!
Iowa Association of College &Research LibrariesApril 17, 2009
Steven Bell – [email protected] University LibrarianTemple University
Photography Before 1888Photography Before 1888
Photography After 1888Photography After 1888
“You Push the Button and We Do the Rest”
Popular Science July 1959
Brief History Brief History Of Academic Of Academic Librarianship Librarianship or How It All or How It All Went WrongWent Wrong
Only the Only the Paranoid Paranoid SurviveSurvive
Popular Science May 1982
Marginalizing Trends
*2005 OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources report
http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm
Source: Moyer, Don. A Silver Bullet. Harvard Business Review, May 2008 p. 132
DesignDesignThinkingThinking
Word Association
Turn your sheet of paper over
What comes to your mind when you hear the word
DESIGNDESIGNwrite it down
Question
Do you think library workers are designers?
What is Design Anyway?What is Design Anyway?
What They Have in CommonWhat They Have in Common
The Design Approach!empathic thinkingidentifying the problem before
the solutionbrainstorming processprototyping processformative/summative evaluation
• Identify the problem before the solution• Understand the users• Work creatively to identify and develop the solution• Bottom Line – it’s how designers approach challenges
Key Points:
Design Thinking
Empathic Design
Prototyping process
Formative and summative evaluation
UserUserExperienceExperience
Future Proofing Future Proofing Strategies - A Strategies - A Summation Or 10 StepsSummation Or 10 StepsTo A Future-Proofed To A Future-Proofed LibraryLibrary
Next Steps
• Talk to the users
• Talk about the core values
• Talk about the design
• Talk about the “tolerance level”
Add Your Voice To The Conversation
Questions? Discussion!