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More Than A Repository: Learning The Way To Making Knowledge Visible, Mary M. Somerville
More Than A Repository: Learning The Way To Making Knowledge Visible, Mary M. Somerville
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
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From Global Theories To Local Practice And Original Knowledge: Learning The Way Through Systems Co-Design, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter, Christine Bruce, Ian D. Stoodley, Krenare Pireva
From Global Theories To Local Practice And Original Knowledge: Learning The Way Through Systems Co-Design, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter, Christine Bruce, Ian D. Stoodley, Krenare Pireva
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
Information focused, learning centered, and systems enabled, Informed Systems (Somerville, United States) guides collaborative design (co-design) of the University for Business and Technology Knowledge Center in Pristina, Kosovo. Conceptual modeling activities since April 2017 engage students in integrating Informed Learning theory (Bruce, Australia) and Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland, England) to progress a shared vision to make local knowledge visible through co-created systems, services, and resources. Foundational Informed Learning categories, information and communication technologies, information sources, and information and knowledge generation - to progress information curation and knowledge management – illustrate the transformative potential of this theory-to-practice initiative, customized to local …
What Our Students Want In And From Their Library, Veronica Wells, Robin Imhof, Debbie Johnston
What Our Students Want In And From Their Library, Veronica Wells, Robin Imhof, Debbie Johnston
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
University of the Pacific’s Stockton Campus Library is currently in the process of a multi-phase renovation that will offer 21st century design and functionality. Our team conducted several assessment methods to understand more fully how our students use –or choose not to use—study spaces and various pieces of furniture in the Stockton library. The results of this project will help answer the questions: “What do our students want or need in library learning spaces – both academic and social?” and “How might we create learning spaces in the library that will enable a variety of student use preferences?” We have …
University Libraries: Looking Ahead, Mary M. Somerville
University Libraries: Looking Ahead, Mary M. Somerville
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
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Informed Systems: To Advance Organizational Capacity And Co-Worker Capability, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter, Christine Bruce, Niraj Chaudhary, Sadef Salavati
Informed Systems: To Advance Organizational Capacity And Co-Worker Capability, Mary M. Somerville, Anita Mirijamdotter, Christine Bruce, Niraj Chaudhary, Sadef Salavati
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
Since its introduction at HICSS-39, Informed Systems has evolved both through and as a process of organizational design for -˜learning in action.’ Fortified by Bruce’s informed learning theory and fostered by Checkland’s soft systems methodology, the approach is catalysed by participatory design, elaborated by action research, and expressed as information experience. The aim throughout is information exchange for knowledge creation through -˜working together.’ Organizational capacity builds as colleagues use information to learn in ever expanding professional contexts. This paper explores aspects of the -˜bridge’ between individual and collective learning through enabling organizational systems and associated professional practices. An Informed Systems …