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Book SynopsisAs academic health sciences centers look toward innovative product development as their new income source with the decline of clinical income and research dollars, health sciences librarians and libraries can partner with these revenue-generating innovators to offer invaluable services, evidence, training, dissemination venues and attractive collaborative physical spaces equipped with the latest tools, such as 3-D printers, body scanners, models and video-monitors. This book uses case examples, including perspectives from both librarians and innovators, to illustrate how various health sciences libraries have partnered with innovators by offering valuable services and creative products and spaces especially innovators who create medical digital therapeutics devices and apps. Many health sciences libraries are transforming their physical spaces into collaboration or maker spaces to spark innovation and discoveries. Key health sciences libraries that have done so to enable others to lear
Trade ReviewIn today's complex health-care information environment, health-science librarians' roles are constantly evolving to connect with users in meaningful and creative ways. The library as place—a destination for learning, research, and discovery—can be enhanced through innovation. Each of these place-based key themes of the book explore the concept of innovation in health science libraries. In 16 chapters the contributors address everything from the history of innovation in libraries and innovative technologies to innovative library spaces and facilities. They provide practical case examples from health-science libraries where such mechanisms have been implemented. Readers will find chapters on topics including makerspaces, gaming, apps, and collaborative library work spaces. As budget factors are a major barrier to innovative project implementation in any library setting, this work offers helpful examples of partnerships that can alleviate financial burdens and generate revenue. Edited by Shipman, former president of the Medical Library Association, and Ulmer, chapters are written by professionals in libraries, medicine, education, engineering, and technology. Content is applicable to librarians, educators, instructional designers, and information technology professionals in academic health science and hospital settings. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners. * CHOICE *
This book is recommended for academic health sciences libraries and academic teaching hospital libraries with funding and staff to support innovation. University libraries supporting health sciences, technology, and information sciences programs may also find it valuable. * Journal of the Medical Library Association *
Those responsible for health sciences libraries should find inspiration -- and practical advice -- in Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Health Sciences Libraries. Expanding the ways in which librarians and libraries create, promote, and support health science innovation will increase the value of existing investments in organizing and providing access to data, information, and knowledge to fuel discovery. -- Betsy L. Humphreys, Medical Library Association 2007 Marcia C. Noyes Awardee
Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Health Sciences Libraries is an examination of the evolution of libraries, especially those in the health sciences, as natural incubators of innovation and discovery. The chapters outlining new librarian roles to promote innovation and entrepreneurism, and the practical examples of spatial transformations through detailed case studies, make this an extremely useful tool for universities as physical library spaces are transitioned. This is the first of its kind to walk academics through the process of providing the necessary tools for students and faculty from multiple disciplines to generate novel ideas and innovations. -- Barbara A. Epstein, Medical Library Association President, 2017-18 and Director, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Innovators and entrepreneurs may not think to ‘go ask a librarian,’ but they should! Finding the right resources and expertise at the critical time accelerates innovation. Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Health Sciences Libraries offers many excellent scenarios of productive partnerships taken from experiences at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, as well as other universities. This book illustrates how quality evidence supports efficient and effective ideation and product development and is a must read for anyone with a clever idea who wants to make a difference in this world. -- Glenn D. Prestwich, Chair, International Commercialization Coordination Council, Presidential Special Assistant for Faculty Entrepreneurship, and Founding Director, Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars, The University of Utah
Table of ContentsForeword Chris Wasden, PhD Preface Jean P. Shipman and Barbara A. Ulmer 1 Deep History: Creativity, Innovation, and Libraries Joseph Lucia 2 Innovation Cycle and Information Applications Jean P. Shipman, Tallie Casucci, and Spencer Walker 3 Synapse: A Place Where Ideas Collide and Collaborations Congeal Jean P. Shipman 4 Making the Makerspace: The Nexus Collaborative Learning Lab Jennifer Herron and Kellie Kaneshiro 5 Supporting Institutional Strategic Directions and User Needs through Library Collaborative Spaces Mary Joan (M.J.) Tooey 6 Gary L. Crocker Innovation and Design Laboratory, University of Utah Jean P. Shipman and Timothy Pickett 7 Library Maker Programs: Bringing Together Space, Services, and Staffing Elliot Felix and David Woodbury 8 Interview with Roger Altizer, Ph.D. and José Zagal, Ph.D., March 2, 2016 Jean P. Shipman and Barbara A. Ulmer 9 Information Needs of Medical Digital Therapeutics Personnel Tallie Casucci 10 Medical Innovation Competition Information Support Erin Wimmer, Tallie Casucci, Jacob Reed, Nathaniel Rhodes, Benjamin Fogg, Thomas Ferrill, David Morrison, Alfred Mowdood, Darell Schmick, Mohammad Mirfakhrai, and Peter Jones 11 Innovation Space Drives Need for Librarian Expertise Jean P. Shipman and Tallie Casucci 12 Applying Innovation to Patient Education and Behavior Roger Altizer, PhD and José Zagal, PhD 13 e-channel: A Platform for Disseminating Innovators’ Outputs Christy Jarvis, Chad Johnson, and Jean P. Shipman 14 Building Innovative Products via Successful Partnerships Nancy Lombardo and Kathleen Digre, MD 15 Educating Innovators: The Innovation Vault Barbara A. Ulmer and Christy Jarvis 16 Information and Innovation: What Does the Future Hold? Jean P. Shipman and Barbara A. Ulmer
