Comments on: How A Design Thinking Approach Can Help Librarians http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2008/01/04/how-a-design-thinking-approach-can-help-librarians/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Fixing What Isn’t Broken http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2008/01/04/how-a-design-thinking-approach-can-help-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-36492 Fixing What Isn’t Broken Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:25:01 +0000 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2008/01/04/how-a-design-thinking-approach-can-help-librarians/#comment-36492 [...] find a single reference to anything about libraries on the Ideo website other than a link to an article in American Libraries magazine about “Design Thinking” in Libraries, by Stephen Bell, who may or may not be connected to Ideo. [...] [...] find a single reference to anything about libraries on the Ideo website other than a link to an article in American Libraries magazine about “Design Thinking” in Libraries, by Stephen Bell, who may or may not be connected to Ideo. [...]

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]]> By: Mickey McManus http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2008/01/04/how-a-design-thinking-approach-can-help-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 Mickey McManus Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:39:09 +0000 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2008/01/04/how-a-design-thinking-approach-can-help-librarians/#comment-4243 Steven, your article was an excellent primer on using the practices of design to improve the library experience. I was one of the lead designers from MAYA on the Carnegie Library (CLP) project and learned a great deal about the challenges that libraries face (and the incredible value they bring to the community). One important correction/addition... you mention that MAYA "designed" the Carnegie Library, Edge Architecture was the lead on designing the physical environment and we were partners with them, Landesberg Design (a graphic designer firm), and the librarians themselves in the design of the experience. MAYA's role was that of information architect and user-experience design lead. Our human-centered practices augmented a powerful architectural vision by focusing on the users rather than the "plumbing" of library design. I think the real secret of the project was this open collaboration and willingness to experiment and I would hate for that to get lost in our (MAYA's) passion (yes we get pretty talkative and lose sight of this ourselves sometimes) to share our discoveries and experiences in this fascinating area. Thanks again for this wonderful article. I hope more libraries can learn from our efforts and extend this work even further. Mick Steven, your article was an excellent primer on using the practices of design to improve the library experience. I was one of the lead designers from MAYA on the Carnegie Library (CLP) project and learned a great deal about the challenges that libraries face (and the incredible value they bring to the community).

One important correction/addition… you mention that MAYA “designed” the Carnegie Library, Edge Architecture was the lead on designing the physical environment and we were partners with them, Landesberg Design (a graphic designer firm), and the librarians themselves in the design of the experience.

MAYA’s role was that of information architect and user-experience design lead. Our human-centered practices augmented a powerful architectural vision by focusing on the users rather than the “plumbing” of library design.

I think the real secret of the project was this open collaboration and willingness to experiment and I would hate for that to get lost in our (MAYA’s) passion (yes we get pretty talkative and lose sight of this ourselves sometimes) to share our discoveries and experiences in this fascinating area.

Thanks again for this wonderful article. I hope more libraries can learn from our efforts and extend this work even further.
Mick

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