Innovation Percolation, University of Arizona Library, May 2006

Links

Innovation in/from Catalogs

NCSU Libraries Catalog - uses Endeca for faceted browsing

- Browsing in results list

- Detailed record

Queens Library Aquabrowser - visual display of search terms (e.g., search for "libarian")

WPopac by Casey Bisson - using open source blogging software (WordPress) as an OPAC

- Detailed record

Recently checked out books feed from Dave Pattern - showing aggregate data and making connections between items checked out

- People who also borrowed this item borrowed.... additions to this catalog

- If you build it, will they come? - blog post about use of new Amazon-like features

- Covers of recent overdue titles

- Covers of titles recently checked out

University of Pennsylvania Tags - social bookmarks campus-wide

- Legal Issues bookmarks on campus - includes some titles from the Library's catalog

- Look at any record in the catalog and scroll to the bottom of the page to see an "Add to Penn Tags" link

Ann Arbor District Library Card Catalog Images - link is on every record in the catalog

- A sample card catalog image - generated dynamically

- Enter your own marginalia

Western Springs History - local history project as blog

- House with comments from people who live(d) in it

Ed Vielmetti - Ann Arbor District Library patron who builds online services for the Library (also known as Superpatron)

- was displaying on his site an RSS feed of what he has on hold in the Library's catalog

- New books at AADL - Ed also created a browsable display of covers of new books at AADL (using the AADL RSS feed)

Find more information about the gaming examples

Ann Arbor District Library Tournaments - more at the AADL Teen Blog

Wake Forest Game Nights (Powerpoint presentation)

UIUC Game Night at the UnderGrad

Innovative Use of Blogs and RSS

Intuitive Revelations: The Ubiquitous Reference Model - Brian Mathews intriguing use of RSS to monitor student blogs and proactively help them with assignments

Concept of "Radical Trust" by Darlene Fichter

- Definition of Radical Trust (includes graphical explanation)

Bibliography

Innovation Percolation

Selected Readings

Amabile, Theresa. “How to Kill Creativity” in Harvard Business Review, September-October, 1998.

De Brabandere, Luc. The Forgotten Half of Change: Achieving Greater Creativity through Changes in Perception. Chicago, IL: Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2005.

Drucker, Peter. “The Discipline of Innovation” in Harvard Business Review, May-June 1985, Revised November-December, 1998.

Gelb, Michael J. How to Think Like Leonardo daVinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. New York: Delacorte Press, 1998.

Grudin, Robert. The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

James, Jennifer. Thinking in the Future Tense: A Workout for the Mind. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Johansson, Frans. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insight at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

Kelley, Tom. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO. New York: Currency, 2001.

Kelley, Tom. The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Beating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization. New York: Currency, 2005.

Leonard, Dorothy A. and Walter C. Swap. When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

Light, Paul C. Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations That Innovate Naturally. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Meehan, Mary (ed.). The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be: The 40 Cultural Trends Transforming Your Job, Your Life, and Your World. New York: Penguin Books, 1999.

Stefik, Mark and Barbara Stefik. Breakthrough: Stories and Strategies of Radical Innovation. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.

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