What is design thinking and how can it be applied to libraries? Find out this Thursday, March 8, when the San Jose State University School of Information presents the first of three Library 2.018 web conferences. This is a great opportunity to learn how you can develop and lead a design challenge at your library. Registration is free!
Event: Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice
Date: March 8, 2018
Time: 12 to 3 p.m. Pacific Time
The design thinking conference was developed in collaboration with Steven J. Bell, associate university librarian for research and instructional services at Temple University and adjunct instructor at the SJSU iSchool. Bell will moderate the opening panel discussion and provide the final thoughts.
Keynote panelists are Sidsel Bech-Petersen, head of projects and co-creation at Aarhus Public Libraries; Rachel Ivy Clarke, SJSU iSchool alumna and assistant professor at Syracuse University; and Gregory Diaz, children's librarian at the Chicago Public Library.
To attend live, please register for the conference. The final conference schedule with links to join the keynote and crowdsourced sessions will be emailed to all conference registrants. Those who register in advance will also receive the recording links. Please use #library2018 and #librarydesignthinking on your social media posts leading up to and during the event.
Co-founded by the San Jose State University School of Information, the Library 2.0 conferences are participatory events where information professionals around the globe are encouraged to not only attend the open-access online sessions, but to also share their knowledge by submitting presentation proposals.
For more information about the Library 2.0 online conferences, visit the conference website.
Contact:
Nicole Purviance
Director of Marketing and Communications
School of Information
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0029