TY - BOOK AU - Copper,Cathryn M. TI - The experimental library: a guide to taking risks, failing forward, and creating change SN - 9781783306985 (paperback) AV - Z678.C7469 2024 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - Facet Publishing KW - Librarians KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - Libraries KW - Technological innovations KW - Library administration KW - Organizational change KW - Library Administration KW - Organizational Innovation KW - Changement organisationnel N1 - "First published in the USA by the American Library Association, 2024" -- Title page verso; Part I. A culture of experimentation : 1. The power of curiosity -- 2. What makes an experiment? -- 3. Everything is an experiment -- Part II. The IDEEA anti-method : 4. Ideate -- 5. Design -- 6. Experiment -- 7. Engage -- 8. Assess -- Part III. Mapping experimentation to your organization : 9. Fail forward -- 10. Reskilling the information professional -- 11. The experimentation roadmap; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Libraries that experiment are better positioned to adapt to rapidly changing environments and evolving user needs and behaviors. This guide shows how to draw from new approaches and technologies to harness experimentation as a tool for testing ideas and responding to change. It borrows ideas and inspiration from the startup sector to teach you how to take a human-centered and design thinking-based perspective on problem solving"--Publisher's website ER -