[Eril-l] Core Webinar: The Experimental Library: A Guide to Taking Risks

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Core Webinar: The Experimental Library: A Guide to Taking Risks

Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2024

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

Description: Using techniques garnered from startups and quickly evolving
technology companies, this webinar educates information professionals on
using experimentation to make evidence-based decisions to advance
innovative initiatives.

The last five years have demonstrated that sticking with the status quo is
not an option; instead, as the experiences of many libraries has shown,
those that experiment are better positioned to adapt to rapidly changing
environments and evolving user needs and behaviors. This webinar shows how
to draw from new approaches and technologies to harness experimentation as
a tool for testing ideas and responding to change. It borrows ideas and
inspiration from the startup sector to teach you how to take a
human-centered and design thinking-based perspective on problem solving.

During the webinar, you will discover:

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   why experimentation is possible on any budget and can be undertaken by
   anyone at an organization;
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   ways to foster a culture of experimentation, which recognizes the
   importance of incorporating curiosity into work and daily life;
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   the distinctive characteristics of technology companies and startups
   that make them experimentative, and what libraries can learn from these
   sectors’ techniques;
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   examples of experimentation from academic, public, and school libraries
   as well as non-library governmental settings;
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   the basics of design thinking, which plays a leading role in
   brainstorming;
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   guidance on employing IDEEA (Ideate, Design, Experiment, Engage, Assess)
   as a five-part process for trying out ideas by formulating prototypes;
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   how to engage users in testing to identify the pros and cons of a
   prototype; and
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   a concrete roadmap for bringing the culture and method of experimenting
   to your library, from understanding how to embrace failures in order to
   learn from them to acquiring the skills necessary to experiment, creating
   teams that thrive with experimentation, and communicating successfully
   around experiments.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

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   design experiments that prototype initiatives to inform decision making.
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   apply the IDEEA process to implement experiments and data gathering
   effortlessly.
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   be equipped to introduce experiments in their library successfully.
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   describe cultures of experimentation and demonstrate them in their
   library.

Who should attend?

Directors of academic and public libraries and emerging technology
librarians. It will be delivered with libraries in mind but broad enough to
appeal to audiences in organizations that intersects with libraries
(library schools, vendors, private sector).

Presenter:

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."

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1316

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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