1. Designing the Future-Proof Library: Heres How We Do It! Iowa Association of College & Research Libraries April 17, 2009 Steven Bell – bells@temple.edu Associate University Librarian Temple University

2. Photography Before 1888

3. Photography After 1888 You Push the Button and We Do the Rest

5. Popular Science July 1959

7. Brief History Of Academic Librarianship or How It All Went Wrong

13. Only the Paranoid Survive

15. Popular Science May 1982

16. Marginalizing Trends * 2005 OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources reportPerceptions of Libraries and Information Resources http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm

17. Source: Moyer, Don. A Silver Bullet. Harvard Business Review, May 2008 p. 132

18. Design Thinking

19. Word Association Turn your sheet of paper over What comes to your mind when you hear the wordDESIGN write it down

20. Question Do you think library workers are designers?

21. What is Design Anyway?

22. What They Have in Common The Design Approach! empathic thinking identifying the problem before the solution brainstorming process prototyping process formative/summative evaluation

23. Identify the problem before the solution Understand the users Work creatively to identify and develop the solution Bottom Line – its how designers approach challenges Key Points:

24. Design T hinking Empathic Design Prototyping process Formative and summative evaluation

25. UserExperience

41. Future Proofing Strategies - A Summation Or 10 Steps To A Future-Proofed Library

52. Next Steps Talk to the users Talk about the core values Talk about the design Talk about the tolerance level

53. Add Your Voice To The Conversation

55. Questions? Discussion!