1st Edition
The Experimental Library A Guide to Taking Risks, Failing Forward, and Creating Change
Introduction
Part I: A Culture of Experimentation
1. The Power of Curiosity
2. What Makes an Experiment?
3. Everything Is an Experiment
Part II: The IDEEA Anti-Method
4. IDEATE
5. DESIGN
6. EXPERIMENT
7. ENGAGE
8. ASSESS
Part III: Mapping Experimentation to Your Organization
9. Fail Forward
10. Reskilling the Information Professional
11. The Experimentation Roadmap
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Cathryn M. Copper works at the intersection of libraries, architecture, and technology. As the Head of the Eberhard Zeidler Library at the University of Toronto, her current research explores technology and experimentation in libraries. She has spoken on the topic of experimentation at several national and international conferences including the Association of College & Research Libraries and SXSW EDU. Her talk on the use of artificial intelligence and augmented reality in libraries at SXSW EDU was featured as one of the "biggest and most pressing ideas."
