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April 26, 2011Holistic Library Planning – MethodologyLibrary Consultant Brief – June 2014

Planning the library of the future….• Planning Methodology

• Collection Development

• Ethnographic Research

• Mapping the Future

• 21st century Library…

A. Cohen Associates, Ltd, 2014 C

Library Seating, Collections, Staff

Space

“What gives life?”Appreciating

“The best of what is”

“What might be”Envisioning Impact

“What the world is calling for”

“What should be”Schematic Design

“What is the configuration of the final design?”

Design Development, FF&E, Bid, Contract Documents

Dream

Action Planning Design

Methodology to Develop Learning Spaces

Discovery

Core Library Resources

Deposit Learning Materials

Special Collections

Interlibrary Materials

Global Marketplace for Knowledge

Advocacy

Current reality Actions to achieve the vision

Methodology to Develop a Learning Organization

Inquiry

Ethnographic Research

Emotional Tension

Changing reality takes time

When we hold a vision that differs from current reality, a GAP exists

Methodology to Develop a Learning Organization

Creative Tension

WHAT IS THE CURRENT REALITY?

Creative Tension

Vision

GAP

Pressure to Lower the Library’s Vision

Goals erode because of a low tolerance

for emotional tension

Change is not easy…

Discover internal contradictions in those assumptions

Action planning Think through new strategies based on new assumptions

INCUBATING NEW IDEAS

Help managers clarify their assumptions

Scenario Planning

Defensive Routine

Learning GAP

Perceived need for new understanding and behavior

THREAT

Need for inquiry and change

Current Understanding and Behavior

Delay

Create a Marketplace for Learning

Library Collection(access)

Expert Resourcing, Librarian Practicums, Experts-in-

Residence, Partnerships, Mentoring, Makerspace,

Computers

Experiential Events(Speakers, I-Lab, Information Literacy, Programming)

Create a Marketplace for Learning

Create a Marketplace for Knowledge (ex. Humber College)

RIGID

Variety of seating options

STRUCTURE

Walls, Systems, Plug-in’s

OBSERVATION

Example: Acoustics/sound/ performance

FLEXIBILITY

Design ConceptOpen Space, Directed Lighting, Audio Controls

INNOVATION

-Collaborative-Group-Open Seating-Individual Seating

UNDERSTAND GIVENS VISUALIZE CONSTRUCT PROOF

Create a Marketplace for Knowledge (ex. programming exercise)