Resources

Finding the Trends that Matter: Get Your Environmental Scan On

Environmental Scanning

Correia, Cynthia Cheng. "Getting Competitive." Library Journal. 31(7) pp. 52-53, 2006).

Day, George S., and Paul J. H. Schoemaker. "Scanning the Periphery." Harvard Business Review. 83(11) pp. 135-40, 142, 144-8, 2005.

De Rosa, Cathy, et.al. The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2004.

De Rosa, Cathy, et.al. Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2005.

Dhanjal, Catherine. "Environmental Scanning for Competitive Advantage." Managing Information. 13(9), pp.58-62, 2006.

Matthews, Joseph R. Strategic Planning and Management for Library Managers. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

SWOT

SWOT Analysis Chart for Libraries

Instructions for Conducting a SWOT Analysis (geared to libraries; this file may also be downloaded)

swot.pdf

Trendspotting

Levy, Steven. "The Trend Spotter" (article about Tim O’Reilly, a trend spotter for the information age). Wired. 13:10 October 2005.

YPulse – Daily News About Generation Y for Media and Marketing Professionals

Trendwatching.com – Global consumer trends, ideas, and insights

The Future of Work (a special issue of BusinessWeek). BusinessWeek. August 20 & 27, 2007.

Sharing Privacy and Trust in our Networked World (An OCLC membership report)

Gartner, Inc., "The world's leading information technology research and advisory company"

"O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences."

Stephen Abram's blog, Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix

Design Thinking

Bell, Steven J. and John Shank. Academic Librarianship by Design: A Blended Librarian’s Guide to the Tools and Techniques. Chicago : ALA Editions, 2007.

Bell, Steven J. "How a Design Approach Can Help Librarians." (forthcoming) American Libraries, 2008.

Brown, Tim. 2005. "Strategy by design." Fast Company. 95 (June): 52-54.

Dunne, David and Martin, Roger. "Design thinking and how it will change management education". Academic of Management Learning and Education V.5 N.4 2006 p.512.

Nussbaum, Bruce. Nussbaum on Design. A blog from BusinessWeek’s in-house expert on design and innovation.

Pethokoukis, James M. "The Deans of design: from the computer mouse to the newest Swiffer, IDEO is the firm behind the scenes." U.S. News & World Report. October 2006.

Pink, Daniel. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Riverhead Trade, 2006. (A great read, but if you are short on time just read the chapter on design.)

Scanlon, Jessie. "Wanted: VPs of Design". BusinessWeek. August 29, 2007.

(Add BusinessWeek’s Innovation supplement to your regular reading; yes – there is an rss feed for it.)

Steven Bell’s Blogs and Websites

ACRLog – the official blog of the Association of College and Research Libraries

Designing Better Libraries: Explore the Application of Design, Innovation and New Media to Create Better Libraries and User Experiences

The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

Steven Bell’s Design Thinking Video

Steven Bell’s Keeping Up Website

Created by Steven Bell, 2007

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