Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries

ACRL/CNI Preconference

June 20, 2003

Barbara Dewey

Betsy Wilson

PreliminariesAgendaGoalsPacketMake yourself at homeMake it worth your while

Collaborate…

Or Die

Information Literacy as a Liberal Art Tool literacy Resource literacy Social-structural literacy Research literacy Publishing literacy Emerging technology literacy Critical literacy (Shapiro and Hughes, 1996)

Changing Pedagogies

Transformation of passive modalities and isolated learning to approaches that involve joint intellectual effort

The implications for space?

Collaborative Stewardship?

Collaboration in space management

Move from ownership to stewardship

The Nature of Design

Linear, morphological processes

Not a formal affair, but a social process

Collaboration Meets Design

Collaboratory

The collaboratory is envisioned as an advanced, distributed infrastructure which would use multimedia information technology to relax the constraints on distance, time and even reality. It would support and enhance intellectual teamwork in both research and teaching. In fact, there is growing consensus that the next major paradigm shift in computing is in the direction of the collaboratory and that not only research but also a vast array of human team activities in commerce, education, and the arts would be supported by variations of this vision.

(Lederberg 1989)

Symbiotic relationships

Synergistic outcomes

The Trends are Clear

Co-location

Collaboration

Creation

What’s your IQ?

Institutional Quotient

Readiness for collaborative space

Table Talk

Talk amongst yourselves

The Unnatural Act of CollaborationUnderstanding cultureShared vocabulary and visionSet of skillsBeyond barriersHard workFragile

Vision and RelationshipsCommitment of organizations and

leadersNew mission and goalsNot mush

Structure, Responsibilities, and Communication

New structureMore comprehensive planningMany levels of communicationMOU’s and the like

Authority and AccountabilityDetermined by the collaborationLeadership is dispersedControl is sharedEqual risk

Resources and RewardsPooled resourcesShare creditMagnifies resources

Collaboration and AgilityEvolving rolesExperimental Iterative and nimble

Collaboration and PeopleCross-section of contributors, not a

single personalityMutual trust, respect, mentoring, and

humorSustaining espirit de corps

Lessons LearnedCollaborative design is complexContinuous organizational developmentCultural transformation Invest in peopleRelationships are keyThere will be bumps in the road

Is collaboration worth it?

Ya sure, ya betcha!

Comments and reflections

Over to Barbara

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