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New Models: Reimagining Libraries
Module 8, New Models, demonstrates the value of evolving library services as communities’ needs shift as well. These new and emerging frameworks are rooted in connection and explorative learning, transforming the user experience for the better. Among the works I explored in this module, two that I drew connections with my current workplace are HBM…
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Innovation Strategy & Roadmap: The Library of Household, Professional & Recreational Essentials
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Hyperlinked Environments: Art Information Around the Globe
The most common work settings for art information professionals are colleges and universities, and art & design schools, and museums (Brinkman et al., 2017, 13), offering art resources and services for a select audience and typically limiting programs to lectures. The explicit aim of these spaces is academic research, supporting the passive information needs of…
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Hyperlinked Communities: Visual Art Hitting the Road
Hyperlinked Communities Module 5, Hyperlinked Communities, demonstrates various engagement strategies that libraries can employ to support the public; foster equality, diversity, and inclusion; and encourage joy. Examples include alternative delivery service methods (Warner, 2024), programs on health and wellbeing (Greenwood, 2022), and inviting, inquisitive connections (DuVernay, 2024). I enjoyed learning the different ways libraries build…