Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dynamic ways. In this volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, we delve beyond examples and case studies to look at how library leaders can develop support for innovation and entrepreneurship within their libraries and within the profession.
Chapters include examinations of design thinking and space planning, staffing, mission statements, and makerspaces. The contributors to this volume cover libraries and their activities in North America, Europe and Africa, and also discuss professional development in entrepreneurship topics as well as support of innovation. Libraries are increasing support of entrepreneurship and innovation across the board, and this volume will position administrators and managers of libraries to better understand what’s happening, and how to bring it into their own institutions.
Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. This volume explores how this has come about, looking at libraries from across North America, Europe and Africa, and helps position readers to better understand what is happening, and how this can be brought to further institutions.
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This volume brings together 11 essays on supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in libraries. Librarians from universities in the US, Africa, and Spain discuss how libraries can help creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial people access the resources they need, specifically addressing tools to support innovation and entrepreneurship for library staff, including design thinking and space planning; library activities related to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, including mission statements, staffing models, makerspaces, and library partnerships with small and medium enterprises; and efforts to bring entrepreneurial approaches to library education. It also describes presentations from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians and case studies of library initiatives to support innovation. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
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Introduction: Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
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PART 1 TOOLS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION |
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Not What You Expected: Implementing Design Thinking as a Leadership Practice |
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Do Your Library Spaces Help Entrepreneurs? Space Planning for Boosting Creative Thinking |
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PART 2 LIBRARY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION |
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Mission Statements, Innovation, and Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study |
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Academic Library Staffing Models in Support of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: An Examination of Case Studies |
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Academic Libraries in 2018: A Comparison of Makerspaces within Academic Research Libraries |
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New Partnerships for Ugandan University Libraries: A Shift from a Reactionary to Proactive Approach of Research and Innovation Information Services for SMEs |
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The Status of Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Content Analysis and Assessment from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians |
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PART 3 CASE STUDIES OF LIBRARIES SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION |
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Innovation and Creativity: A New Facet of the Traditional Mission for University Libraries |
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Creating Partnerships between Health Innovators and Librarians: A Story |
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PART 4 INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LIBRARY EDUCATION |
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Educating the Entrepreneurial Librarian |
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From the Classroom to the Library: The Experience of Entrepreneurship and Teaching Innovation in the Area of Library and Information Science in Spain |
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| About the Authors |
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Janet A. Crum received an MLS from the University of Washington in 1992. Since then, she has worked in academic and medical libraries across several states, serving in a variety of roles associated with library technology, technical services, and library administration. She is currently Head, Content, Discovery, and Delivery Services at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, where she served as project manager for the creation of the Cline Library MakerLab.Samantha Schmehl Hines got her MS in library science from University of Illinois in 2003 and has worked in a variety of libraries in higher education institutions across the US. She is currently the Associate Dean of Instructional Resources for Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA. A prolific scholar and frequent conference presenter on issues of library instruction, copyright and publishing, and management, Samantha is also a PhD candidate in Ethical and Creative Leadership at Union Institute and University.
