Post on 27-Mar-2015
Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries
ACRL/CNI Preconference
June 20, 2003
Barbara Dewey
Betsy Wilson
PreliminariesAgendaGoalsPacketMake yourself at homeMake it worth your while
Collaborate…
Or Die
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art Tool literacy Resource literacy Social-structural literacy Research literacy Publishing literacy Emerging technology literacy Critical literacy (Shapiro and Hughes, 1996)
Changing Pedagogies
Transformation of passive modalities and isolated learning to approaches that involve joint intellectual effort
The implications for space?
Collaborative Stewardship?
Collaboration in space management
Move from ownership to stewardship
The Nature of Design
Linear, morphological processes
Not a formal affair, but a social process
Collaboration Meets Design
Collaboratory
The collaboratory is envisioned as an advanced, distributed infrastructure which would use multimedia information technology to relax the constraints on distance, time and even reality. It would support and enhance intellectual teamwork in both research and teaching. In fact, there is growing consensus that the next major paradigm shift in computing is in the direction of the collaboratory and that not only research but also a vast array of human team activities in commerce, education, and the arts would be supported by variations of this vision.
(Lederberg 1989)
Symbiotic relationships
Synergistic outcomes
The Trends are Clear
Co-location
Collaboration
Creation
What’s your IQ?
Institutional Quotient
Readiness for collaborative space
Table Talk
Talk amongst yourselves
The Unnatural Act of CollaborationUnderstanding cultureShared vocabulary and visionSet of skillsBeyond barriersHard workFragile
Vision and RelationshipsCommitment of organizations and
leadersNew mission and goalsNot mush
Structure, Responsibilities, and Communication
New structureMore comprehensive planningMany levels of communicationMOU’s and the like
Authority and AccountabilityDetermined by the collaborationLeadership is dispersedControl is sharedEqual risk
Resources and RewardsPooled resourcesShare creditMagnifies resources
Collaboration and AgilityEvolving rolesExperimental Iterative and nimble
Collaboration and PeopleCross-section of contributors, not a
single personalityMutual trust, respect, mentoring, and
humorSustaining espirit de corps
Lessons LearnedCollaborative design is complexContinuous organizational developmentCultural transformation Invest in peopleRelationships are keyThere will be bumps in the road
Is collaboration worth it?
Ya sure, ya betcha!
Comments and reflections
Over to Barbara
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