Published papers

Peer reviewed journal articles

In print  Howard, Z, Senova, M & Melles, G 2015, Exploring the role of mindset in design thinking: Implications for capability development and practice, Journal of Design Business and Society, vol. 1, no. 2.

Howlett, A & Howard, Z, 2015, Exploring the use of evidence in practice by Australian special librarians, Information Research, vol. 20, no. 1, paper 657.

Howard, Z & Somerville, MM, 2014, A comparative study of two design charrettes: implications for codesign and participatory action research, CoDesign, vol. 10, no. 1, pp.46-62. DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2014.881883

Slatter, D & Howard, Z 2013, A place to make, hack and learn: makerspaces in Australian public libraries, Australian Library Journal, vol. 62, no. 4, DOI: 10.1080/00049670.2013.853335

Melles, G, Howard, Z & Thompson-Whiteside, S 2012, Teaching design thinking: expanding horizons in design education, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences: incorporating the proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership (WCLTA 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, 28-30 October 2011 / Huseyin Uzunboylu (ed.), vol. 31, pp. 162-166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.12.035.

Somerville, MM & Howard, Z 2010, ‘Information in context’: Co-designing workplace structures and systems for organisational learning, Information Research, vol. 15, no. 4, paper 446.

Pan, D & Howard Z 2010, Distributed leadership and cultivating dialogue with collaborative EBIP, Library Management, vol. 31, no.7, pp. 494-504.

Somerville, M & Howard, Z 2008, Systems thinking: an approach for advancing workplace information literacy, Australian Library Journal, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 257-273.

Peer reviewed conference papers

Howard, Z, Senova, M & Melles, G, 2015, The role of mindset in design thinking: Implications for capability development and practice, Design for Business: Research Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 13-14 May 2015. (Paper to follow).

Melles, G & Howard, Z 2012, Empower.me: Social innovation design for homeless families: Collective design creativity, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Design Creativity (ICDC2012), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 18-20 September 2012, pp. 125-132.

Howard, Z 2012, From concept to capability: developing design thinking within a professional services firm, Proceedings of  Design Research Society (DRS) 2012: Bangkok, Volume 2, 1-4 July, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, pp.729-739. Presentation available here.

Howard, Z 2012, A conversation approach to business model innovation, PIN-C 2012: Participatory Innovation Conference, 12-14 January, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale, Australia.

Howard, Z & Melles, G 2011, Beyond designing: roles of the designer in complex design projects, Proceedings of ‘Design, culture and interaction’, the 23nd Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (OZCHI 2011), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 28 November-02 December, pp. 152-155.  Presentation available here.

Melles, G, Howard, Z & Thompson-Whiteside, S 2011, Teaching design thinking: expanding horizons in design education, proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Administration, Istanbul, Turkey, 28-30 October.

Davis, K, Partridge, H, Yates, C, & Howard, Z 2011, Changing needs, changing directions: ‘Blending’ blended learning with a dual mode cohort, The 6th International Blended Learning Conference: From innovation to institutional enhancement: Operating in challenging times, 15-16 June, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

Somerville, MM & Howard, Z 2010, ‘Information in context’: Co-designing workplace structures and systems for organisational learning. Proceedings of the Information Seeking in Context Conference (ISIC 2010), Murcia, Spain, 28 September-02 October, pp. 311-321. Presentation available here.

Howard, Z & Ryan, D 2010, Replacing the watercooler: connecting through enterprise microblogging, Proceedings of ‘Connections content conversations’, the 15th VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition (VALA 2010), 9-11 February, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presentation available here.

Somerville, MM, Mirijamdotter, A & Howard, Z 2009, Workplace Information Literacy: Cultivation Strategies for ‘Working Smarter’ in 21st Century Libraries, Proceedings of ‘Pushing the edge: explore, engage, extend’, the 14th National Conference of the Assocation of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Seattle, Washington, United States, 12-15 March.

Howard, Z & Somerville, M 2008, Building knowledge capabilities: an organisational learning approach, proceedings from 11th Annual Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support (ACKMIDS08): Harnessing knowledge to build communities, 8-10 December, Ballarat, Victoria.

Howard, Z 2008, Life in the Baby Boomer library world: A survival guide, Proceedings of ‘Breaking barriers’, the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium (NLS4), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 05-06 December, Melbourne, Victoria.

Howard, Z & Callahan, A 2008, Planning for success: repurposing, retooling and reprioritising with results, Lifelong learning: reflecting on successes and framing futures: keynote and refereed papers from the 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia, 16-19 June, pp. 85-90.

Non peer reviewed journal articles
Howard, Z & Davis, K 2011, From solving puzzles to designing solutions: integrating design thinking into Evidence Based Practice, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 15-21.

Pan, D & Howard, Z 2009, Reorganizing a technical services division using collaborative evidence based information practice at Auraria Library, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 88-94.

Howard Z 2009, Book review: Access to East European and Eurasian culture: publishing, acquisitions, digitization, metadata, Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 40, no. 2, p.152.