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Book SynopsisLibraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dynamic ways. In this volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, we delve beyond examples and case studies to look at how library leaders can develop support for innovation and entrepreneurship within their libraries and within the profession. Chapters include examinations of design thinking and space planning, staffing, mission statements, and makerspaces. The contributors to this volume cover libraries and their activities in North America, Europe and Africa, and also discuss professional development in entrepreneurship topics as well as support of innovation. Libraries are increasing support of entrepreneurship and innovation across the board, and this volume will position administrators and managers of libraries to better understand what’s happening, and how to bring it into their own institutions.
Trade ReviewThis volume brings together 11 essays on supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in libraries. Librarians from universities in the US, Africa, and Spain discuss how libraries can help creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial people access the resources they need, specifically addressing tools to support innovation and entrepreneurship for library staff, including design thinking and space planning; library activities related to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, including mission statements, staffing models, makerspaces, and library partnerships with small and medium enterprises; and efforts to bring entrepreneurial approaches to library education. It also describes presentations from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians and case studies of library initiatives to support innovation. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction 1. Do Your Library Spaces Help Entrepreneurs? Space Planning for Boosting Creative Thinking;
Mark Bieraugel 2. From the Classroom to the Library: the Experience of Entrepreneurship and Teaching Innovation in the Area of Library and Information Science in Spain;
Rosario Arquero-Avilés, Gonzalo Marco-Cuenca, and Brenda Siso-Calvo 3. New Partnerships for Ugandan University Libraries: A Shift from a Reactionary to Pro-active Approach of Research and Innovation Information Services for SMEs;
Robert Stalone Buwele and Stephen M. Mutula 4. Creating Partnerships between Health Innovators and Librarians: A Story;
Jean P. Shipman 5. Innovation and Creativity: A New Facet of the Traditional Mission for University Libraries;
Mark Stover, Charissa Jefferson, and Isis Leininger 6. The Status of Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Content Analysis and Assessment from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians;
Kathryn Crowe, Michael Crumpton, David Gwynn, James Harper, Mary Beth Lock, and Mary G. Scanlon 7. Academic Libraries in 2018: A Comparison of Makerspaces within Academic Research Libraries;
Russel Michalak and Monica D.T. Rysavy 8. Not What You Expected: Implementing Design Thinking as a Leadership Practice;
Michelle Boisvenue-Fox and Kristin Meyer 9. Mission Statements, Innovation, and Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study;
Elizabeth Baker 10. Education the Entrepreneurial Librarian;
Michael A. Crumpton and Nora J. Bird 11. Academic Library Staffing Models in Support of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: An Examination of Case Studies;
Wendy Jo Girven
