3. Libraries are evolving.
Joshua Prince-Ramus. (Feb. 2006). TED talk on Seattle’s public library
http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library.html
Laskujärvi, M & Toivonen, L. (2008). Changing physical library space: Planning and design of new academic library.
Tampere University Library, Tampere, Finland.
5. Idea stores
United Kingdom
Top: Flickr user darapo. Untitled. Retrieved on 09.15.2011.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirabelle9/2075482931/.
Left: Entressen kirjasto. Idea Store Bow. Retrieved on 09.15.2011.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/entressenkirjasto/4493339202/ .
6. Vancouver Public
Library Vancouver, BC
Left: Flickr user unablefish. Vancouver Public Library <3 <3 <#. Retrieved on 09.15.2011.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/242578742_8e9f1a9998_z.jpg?zz=1
Top: Susan Gittins. Vancouver 2010 Olympiad Performance. Retrieved on 09.15.2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susangittins/4006054480/
7. One example…
Library = Gateway to public internet access.
From 2010 to 2011, 70% of libraries reported a rise in internet
use.
>75% reported insufficient resources to meet demand.
“Data from the 2010-2011 Study present libraries grappling with a “new normal” of
flat or decreased funding, paired with increased demand for public library
technology resources. The result is a mix of the grim austerity, reflected in
decreased operating hours and closed library outlets, in contrast with the robust
delivery of technology resources that support workforce development, e-
government services, and skills training for the competitive global marketplace.”
2010 to 2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study. (2011). American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/index.cfm#final%20report
8. Cater to people who need space
to work and collaborate.
Draw inspiration from the space.
9. Help libraries become a community hub.
Blyberg, J. (2010). The Third Place. Darien Library. Presentation.
http://www.slideshare.net/jblyberg/the-third-place
Dreman, S. (Mar. 2009). The ‘library of the future’ begins to emerge. Palo Alto Online News.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=11573
Miller, R. (Aug. 2008). Future-Proof Your Library. Library Journal.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6585850.html
Scheppke, J. (Aug. 2011). Public Libraries That are Future Ready. Oregon State Library. SLA.
http://futureready365.sla.org/08/24/public-libraries-that-are-future-ready/
Sutter, J. (Sep. 2009). The future of libraries, with or without books. CNN.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-09-04/tech/future.library.technology_1_metropolitan-library-librarians-books?_s=PM:TECH
10. NO Resource management.
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Provide an improved customer experience.
Event-focused, not just event listings.
Support people.
Encourage exploration.
Be the backbone of change.
FUT
URE Reimagining spaces.
11. Provide an improved Event-focused, not Support people. Encourage Be the backbone of
customer just event listings. exploration. change.
experience.
Provide an improved Promotion of spaces and Building trust and reliance Activity-centric Be the support network.
customer experience. events should be on what libraries have to promotion. Libraries have become
highlighted. offer.
Rethink designs from the What’s going on? community hubs.
public’s perspective, not Bringing in new groups. Leverage librarian ability. What’s popular? Community hubs
the library’s. Allowing easy use of Vet all inquiry through What are others doing? connected within a single
What’s available?
Draw insights from space. librarians. shared network.
exemplars. Help people gain critical
Availability and content Leverage available spaces. Have lent a helping hand
mass to hold events.
A great design can create become more important in this change.
Acknowledge resources.
an open invitation to try than the booking process. Expand network to Helped fundamentally
and create new things. Begin to build a community spaces
Begin to offer and change the way libraries
community network of outside the library
Draw on the success of promote events and are perceived. Allow
resources: network.
others, don’t start by spaces, highlighting what libraries to reappropriate
people, knowledge, space
recreating the wheel. libraries have to offer. Incorporation of other physical spaces based on
s, and events.
spaces begins the move want and need.
Supporting events and from “library” to
working creatives is a community spaces.
stepping stone to helping
Cater to curiosity,
libraries rethink their
exploration, knowledge-
spaces.
sharing.
12. Provide an improved Event-focused, not just Support people. Encourage exploration. Be the backbone of
customer experience. event listings. change.
Success criteria for patrons.
It is simple to use. I like using this space. I have support; I’m not What can I do? It’s easy and enjoyable to
I want to use this to book I can see the possibilities. alone in planning. Why not go there? find places to go.
my event. Availability and content This is significantly better A lot of things I’m My community feels
View, not trial and error. are first. than a conference center. interested in are going on. better connected.
I trust my library. I never realized all this I can’t believe how much I love working here.
I like using my library to was happening. this space has to offer. I can see new ideas.
meet and work. I never knew I could work I’m able to garner interest
there. in my ideas quickly.
Success criteria for libraries.
Increased and more Increased Spaces are fully utilized. People specifically want to Perceptions changed.
frequent use of our number, frequency, and Spaces have changed to fit use our spaces. Have become community
facilities. diversity of events. patron needs. New people come here to hubs.
More interest in utilizing Increased use of public Librarians are in work and play. All walks of life using the
library space. library space by non- demand, not just space. Our spaces are easier to space.
Patrons want to use our referential public. Fundamental types of use access and convenient. Reappropriate space to
systems. Becoming a leader in are changing. We now cater to a diverse meet demand and need.
We love using Evanced. providing event and range of needs and People love coming here
meeting spaces. activities. to work.
Success criteria for Evanced Solutions.
Higher rate of adoption by New methods of use Begin to provide a Robust network of Have transitioned into a
libraries. support changing use of network of information. information in place support network.
Achieved delight, not just library space. Reliance on Evanced to connecting all different Have changed perceptions
satisfaction. Desire to use Evanced to ensure spaces . types of locations. of how libraries can be
Venues want to use this increase use of venues’ People know they can rely Exploration is supported. and are used.
solution. spaces. on us to find available Additional venues begin This network supports a
We now provide a great spaces through reliable to use our offerings. community, not just a
way of managing events. recommendations. We connect communities. library.
14. Exemplars
Dead simple booking.
Easy access to details.
Inviting communities.
Encourage exploration.
Customer engagement:
People want to buy.
25. Event-focused, not just event listings.
Move from a solution of calendar and resource booking to
promoting spaces, places, and what’s happening.
26. Transition to a network of events and spaces
people can explore and within which they
can find something new and interesting.
Focus:
• Promoted events
• Interest / Attendance
• Librarian-promoted
• What’s going on
27. Support events and people.
Help libraries understand they can do the things their
competition is doing.
E-books aren’t their real competition.
28. Leverage librarians.
“The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at a library.
A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a
teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of
data and the untrained but motivated user.” - Seth Godin
Seth Godin. (May 2011). The Future of the Library.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/05/the-future-of-the-library.html
Adapting to changes but are limited through federal funding, etc.
Shill and Tanner conducted a study that found a large amount of new “nonlibrary” facilities in the libraries between 1995 and 2002 (Changing physical library space, http://bit.ly/ovN5Mk)Increase in conference rooms (41.1 %)computer labs (34.1 %)seminar rooms (31.8 %)-multimedia production centers (26.6 %)cafes (24.9 %)educational technology centers (15.6 %)art galleries (15.1 %)classrooms (15 %)auditoria (10.4 %)research institutes (4.1 %)bookstores (2.8 %)writing labs (0.4 %)The number and size of meeting rooms should be determined by the library's roles as defined in its long-range plan, anticipated programming activities and by the availability of similar rooms elsewhere . -- Library Space Planning Guide, Connecticut State LibraryHartford, Connecticut.
Much more research at http://ala.org
Creatives.People go elsewhere to work when they could work at a library and have a wealth of resources available to them.Libraries don’t cater to people who need a place to work or practice, but rather those people who need help finding things.
The goal is for the “library” to be the knowledge center. To be less structured than an educational institution but structured enough as a community of knowledge. Where people go to interact with other people, in a physical space, with technology only facilitating this interaction.Community spaces that are not utilized as such.Help support libraries as their role change in the community.Libraries need to become a place “for the learner, not the learned.” - Brian Gambles, Chief Librarian, Birmingham Public Library“We need to reinvent the whole way a library works, I don’t think there’s anything sacred about library practice.”Reinventing the Library. INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Summer 2010. http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/robert-butler/reinventing-library
The wireframes within this document are conceptual wireframes of some basic updates to help improve the customer experience based on the current existing system.They are not fully fleshed-out, tested solutions. They are illustrations of ideas.Browse events page would contain a listing of all events, including promoted events. You could filter through these events to the left based on a few categories such as Popularity, Location, Time.
On this page, a user can create an event.The system would provide support and guidance in this process.Move away from a Calendar and lists, to an actual system that facilitates event searching and browsingPeople of all sorts are more likely to use the system And resources are well represented.
If a user is authenticated, he/she is able to view all of his/her “My Events”
This is how an event page looks like.Ability to comment on events
This and the first step (customer experience) are two sides of the same coin.Drawing on these same exemplars for inspiration.The current solution is fundamentally a calendar and resource booking system.Move from a solution of calendar and resource booking to promoting spaces, places, and what’s happening.The basic point is trying to draw people into the space!!!
Events are a stepping stone into helping libraries understand how they use their space.Evancedalready has the “in” with libraries to support this exploration of use and help libraries change their understandings of their space.Network these systems together, collaborate between libraries and other venues.Can’t hold this event at your museum? We have conference rooms available at this library 3 miles away.
Begin to focus on the things people are interested inThis is what we can support, how can we help you do something new?You need to work? We have the space, plus all this other cool stuff your coffee shop doesn’t (and now we have coffee!)Build interest in the space. Help libraries understand that they can do the things places that are really their competition are doing.E-books aren’t their competition.24 hour coffee shops.Startup spaces.Hackathons.Studio spaces.Collaborative workspaces.
As a use of library changes, the use of librarians should change. Vet a lot of the information (events and requests) through them.Offer resourcing suggestions from librarians.Need something unique? The library can probably do it.
Help people gain critical mass to do things they’re interested in.
At this point, other spaces,
Provide the means, not just the end. Provide a system of support for libraries to accomplish this change. Show exemplary uses of space.Allow librarians to network and collaborate use.Help libraries learn how to evolve their space through its use.Leverage creative people who need space to work that can utilize the resources a library has to offer.Donate on your library card every month? Use this desk with a locker in the middle of the new art section.Host an event to educate people on a topic? Use a cube and provided computer for a week.What is Vancouver doing that’s so great? How do they set it up?Don’t force people to search it out, show them.By using this system they can increase (stats here)