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Containers for Information or Platforms for Scholarship? R&D and the...
In seven days I’ll be giving a talk on R&D for academic libraries but here is the enhanced version of the conference paper. This is a follow-up (actually a sequel) to Think Like A Startup. I...
View ArticleR&D @ VT — a quick glance @ LearnHUB
Yesterday at the Library Assessment Conference I presented my paper about R&D. I wanted to share a bit on how we’re actualizing this philosophy and combining it with startup thinking at Virginia...
View ArticleSEARCH MORE, PLAN LESS: in defense of 3D printing
Happy 2013. I’ve been intrigued by William Easterly’s searchers/planners philosophy. Here is a good summary: The searcher admits that he or she doesn’t have the answer in advance and he or she takes...
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FOCUSING YOUR FOCUS GROUPS: Ten Ways They Can Enhance Discovery
I saw that there was a session at midwinter talking about focus groups. Since I won’t be there I wanted to take a few minutes and share my thoughts. I don’t have the original announcement, but I was...
View ArticleDear Mark Cuban… some thoughts I’d like to share about libraries
This is an actual note that I sent: Dear Mr. Cuban, I’m a fan of Shark Tank. I’ve learned a lot from watching the panel evaluate business prospects. Thanks for making the show exciting and...
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The Art of Problem Discovery (Invited Paper, ACRL 2013)
I was invited to present a paper at ACRL based upon my entrepreneurial writings. I decided to write about the pursuit of good problems, which has become a guiding philosophy in my work. I think it’s...
View ArticleHubs and Centers as a Transitional Strategy
We’re still in the early stages of reshaping the role of our library but I wanted to share a document that outlines some of our thinking. Julie Speer, Tyler Walters, and I co-wrote a paper for the...
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How Embedded Are You?
What does it mean to be embedded? We have workshops, blogs, and books, but I’m not sure that we have a common definition. Perhaps it circles around the act of taking content or services outside of our...
View ArticleMoving From Data-Driven to Design-Driven Innovation
I was tweeted into a conversation about assessment and I wanted to take a minute to comment. Elliott Shore (ARL) recently called for a radical change in library assessment—with the gist being a move...
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Libraries as Problem Shapers: some thoughts sparked by Brian Croxall (five...
A few weeks ago I met Brian Croxall and learned about Emory’s Center for Digital Scholarship. I thought it was interesting that it began as a research commons for faculty and graduate students… but...
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Think Like A Startup: 3 Years Later
Three years ago I published a white paper: Think Like A Startup. A lot of people downloaded it. Over the weekend I reflected on the essay and I’d like to share a few thoughts: Mental Model “Thinking...
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7 Classrooms: library as pedagogical incubator
Three years ago we had two classrooms in our library. They looked like this: The former “training-based” classrooms at VT Library. Photo: R. Miller These were suitable for training-based instruction...
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