Michael Schrage at ALA Friday 627 at 1:30p- June 26, 2008 If you are at ALA, make sure you attend the OCLC Symposium: The Mashed-Up Library at 1:30 on Friday 627 that includes a great keynote speaker and panel that will discuss developing new library services by mixing data and functionality from several sources.The keynote speaker with Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play and Shared MindsThe New Technologies of Collaboration and columnist for CIO and MITs Technology Review.The panel includes Susan Gibbons, Associate Dean, Public Services &...http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2008/06/michael-schrange-at-ala-friday-627-at.html Will the Next Generation of Library Systems be Customer Generated- June 23, 2008 I have been lurking in on an OhioLink task force discussing "next generation" discovery layers. One of the latest postings to the group was by Peter Murray , who highlighted a report from the Next Generation Summit Search Interface Working Group of the OrbisCascade Alliance.The report supports several concepts I have been pushing for a couple years now, including the idea of consortia to support library systems development. However, the more important concept is included in the reports...http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2008/06/will-next-generation-of-library-systems.html Does the Medici Effect Work for Libraries- June 17, 2008 The Medicis were a banking family in Florence that funded sculptors, scientists, poets, painters, and architects among others. Individuals from many disciplines converged upon the city of Florence where they learned from one another while breaking down barriers between disciplines. They forged a world based on new ideas and created what we know as as the Renaissance. In his book The Medici Effect, author Frans Johansson discusses how he sees the drivers of innovation as being diversity and the..http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2008/06/does-medici-effect-work-for-libraries.html Three Perspectives on Innovation- June 10, 2008 I have been given a great opportunity to lead an innovation task force for Ohio State University Libraries. The TF is one of several the resulted from a day long planning session held back in April. The goal of each of the TF is to help the library create a five year plan. I am planing to create a series of posts based on the TF activities.The following are several perspectives on innovation the TF has uncovered:Michael Schrage:Innovation is more social than personal. It is a byproduct of how...http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2008/06/three-perspectives-on-innovation.html |