What is the future of the Library? What is the future of the Librarian? These are questions we hear and see discussed ad nauseum at conferences, in blogs, in our tea rooms. In reality the ‘future library’ has already snuck in the back door. We were just too focused on the discussion to notice. There isContinue reading “Designing our library future: be involved or be forgotten”
Category Archives: leadership
Using participatory design for redesigning organisations
I awoke to a beautiful morning in Melbourne today – perhaps Spring is finally on our doorstep and realised that in fact I was supposed to be in beautiful Spain today instead delivering a paper at the Information Seeking in Context conference. Thankfully I have a wonderful co-author and our ‘compromise’ was I would developContinue reading “Using participatory design for redesigning organisations”
Designing workplaces conducive to work
In an episode of the US sitcom Better Off Ted a staff survey revealed low employee morale. To solve this, the director Veronica calls Linda, an employee, into her office and asks what would make the employees happy. Linda says the company treats them all like drones and suggest Veronica let everyone decorate their cubiclesContinue reading “Designing workplaces conducive to work”
What comes first – great leaders or great followers?
Jye Smith‘s post Great Leaders, Great Followers on his blog A Digital Perspective echoed many of the sentiments I feel about leadership and ‘followership’ – and what indeed does come first great leaders or great followers (or as Jye calls them supporters)? Can you have one without the other? Inspired in part by 10 waysContinue reading “What comes first – great leaders or great followers?”
Zaana Jaclyn 