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The experimental library : a guide to taking risks, failing forward, and creating change / by Cathryn M. Copper.

By: Language: English Publisher: London : Facet Publishing, 2024Description: xiii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783306985 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z678.C7469 2024
Summary: "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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Z678.C7469 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Y20005658

"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.

"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.

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