Innovation and development through access to knowledge and technology

1. Innovation and development through access to knowledge and technology Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

2. Agenda • 1. Introduction 2. The library in the innovation process 3. Innovation community 4. Creative services 5. The librarian in the changing environment 6. Conclusion Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

3. Introduction • “The evolution of the ‘digital age’ has prompted profound changes in the library and information service environment, which includes: changes in economy, education and learning, scholarly exchange, and information technology. Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

4. Introduction • Libraries have to take those challenges by various measures including organizational culture innovation. • Innovation has become a national imperative for many countries • The aims of innovation are to: Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

5. Introduction • create jobs • reduce public expenses • improve efficiency and operational methods, and • to increase the satisfaction of citizens Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

6. The Library in the innovation process • Innovation is generated through the manipulation of knowledge and information • Accepted that innovation is entirely dependent on knowledge and information • Innovators dependent on continuous access to new knowledge and information to generate new innovations Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

7. The Library in the innovation process • Provision of access to new and old knowledge and information – core business of libraries • Libraries therefore must be recognised as the epicenter for innovation • Creative new services and processes are adopted to contribute to innovation Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

8. The Library in the innovation process • “ Knowledge innovation is the creation, evolution, exchange and application of new ideas into marketable goods and services for the excellence of an enterprise, the vitality of a nation’s economy and the advancement of society as a whole” Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

9. Innovation community • Knowledge an indispensable part of an innovation community • Libraries should pay more attention to users • Libraries need to design services and develop systems based on user demands and behaviour • Needs to be paradigm shift ... Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

10. Innovation community • Simply providing information, services and physical space, to • becoming active participants in the course of knowledge learning and creation • Libraries to pay attention to the construction of good relationship and smooth communication mechanism among users and between users and libraries Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

11. Innovation community • Begs greater collaboration among librarians with different specializations and responsibilities • Active growth through enhanced operational mechanism • Intertwined trilogy between innovators, the library and knowledge and information, and innovation Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

12. Creative Services • Libraries must provide creative new services and processes that makes a difference – underpin the prospects of innovation • Tap into creative potential of staffs, vendors, and customers • Libraries early adopters of technology • Immediacy a priority for libraries • Embracing technology Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

13. The Librarian in the changing environ. • Librarians playing a more dynamic role • Guides for the information seekers in an exploding universe of information • “Cyber librarian’ / “Cybrarian • “e-skilling” • “Agile development” Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

14. Conclusion • Beyond debate that information is critical for innovation • That the core business of libraries is to make information available to innovators • Innovations, singularly or aggregated, contribute to the development of local communities, the country and the world at large Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

15. Conclusion • Therefore, not beyond the realms of reality to propose the hypothesis that the speed with which a country develops is dependent on access to knowledge and information. Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

16. Conclusion • The library as a critical contributor to this growth and development is obliged to move away from its comfort zones and contribute to innovation by becoming innovative themselves. Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011

17. The end Thank you! Ellen R. TiseSenior Director, Library and Information ServicesIFLA President 2009-2011