Keywords
Emerging Technologies, Open Innovation, Design Thinking, Makerspace
Description
The practice of libraries – and with it, librarianship – continues to evolve. New technology and services are fundamental to library support of innovation and creativity; deciding which technologies and/or services to implement can be less clear. The overlap of design thinking with best practices of emerging technology and libraries offers a practical approach: real-world examples of success and failure reveal the outlines of an emerging framework for improved selection and implementation of leading-edge technology in the library environment. Novel services and technologies offered by a library that is part makerspace, part accelerator, and full partner in the innovation ecosystem of the university are shared, offering simple steps and insight that can increase the likelihood of successful selection and implementation. Revitalized spaces of the library become a natural hotbed for open innovation; enhanced depth of learning, creativity, and increased opportunities for successful tech transfer appear to be a natural result.
Selecting and implementing leading edge technology services: Library as partner in the innovation ecosystem
The practice of libraries – and with it, librarianship – continues to evolve. New technology and services are fundamental to library support of innovation and creativity; deciding which technologies and/or services to implement can be less clear. The overlap of design thinking with best practices of emerging technology and libraries offers a practical approach: real-world examples of success and failure reveal the outlines of an emerging framework for improved selection and implementation of leading-edge technology in the library environment. Novel services and technologies offered by a library that is part makerspace, part accelerator, and full partner in the innovation ecosystem of the university are shared, offering simple steps and insight that can increase the likelihood of successful selection and implementation. Revitalized spaces of the library become a natural hotbed for open innovation; enhanced depth of learning, creativity, and increased opportunities for successful tech transfer appear to be a natural result.