reimagining the library – a design thinking framework

Reimagining the Library – a Design Thinking Framework

Patrick “Tod” Colegrove, Ph.D., MSLIS

December 15, 2016

Washoe County Library SystemIn-Service Training

DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library

• scientist - astrophysics• turned entrepreneur/businessman - 15y as

senior management, high-tech private industry• tenured professor and Head of DeLaMare,

University of Nevada, Reno

Catalyst. Change Agent. Librarian.

About me:

Discovery

Outreach/

Engagement

Learning

The Mission:

Discovery

Outreach/

Engagement

Learning

The Mission:

Image credit: falconproducts.com blog, Active Learning Infographic

Image credit: falconproducts.com blog, Active Learning Infographic

“OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE – AND THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAKER MOVEMENT – IS AN AMBITIOUS ONE: TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION.”

– MAKERSPACE PLAYBOOK

2010:

How? A closer look…

6 Stages of Design Thinking:

Photo by Tod Colegrove: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/

3D printing

3D PRINTER USAGE: Anthropology5%

Art11%

Biochemistry11%

Biomedical En-gineering

8%Ag, Biotech, Natural

Resources2%

Chemistry3%

Business3%Economics

3%Electrical Engineering5%

Mechanical En-gineering

46%

Natural Resources & Environmen-tal Science

3%

“WE SEE MAKING AS A GATEWAY TO DEEPER ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING BUT ALSO ART AND DESIGN.” – MAKERSPACE PLAYBOOK

Makerspace playbook. Retrieved November 2014 from http://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Makerspace-Playbook-Feb-2013.pdf

Next up:Maya’s Mind!

THANK YOU.

Patrick “Tod” Colegrove, Ph.D., MSLISUniversity of Nevada, RenoUnited States of America

Email: pcolegrove@unr.eduAcademia.edu: nevada-reno.academia.edu/TodColegroveSlideShare: www.slideshare.net/pcolegrove

Image Provided by: Nick Crowl

“THE LIBRARY IS NOT A SHRINE FOR THE WORSHIP OF BOOKS. ... A LIBRARY IS, TO MODIFY THE FAMOUS METAPHOR OF

SOCRATES,THE DELIVERY ROOM FOR THE BIRTH OF

IDEAS...”- NORMAN COUSINS, ALA BULLETIN OCTOBER 1954

Image credit: wikipedia commons. Retrieved 10/16 from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Norman_Cousins.jpg

Reimagine the Library – use Design Thinking as your Framework

Patrick “Tod” Colegrove, Ph.D., MSLIS

December 15, 2016

Washoe County Library SystemIn-Service Training

DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library