Unconference given at ER&L 2014 with Rachel Frick

1. Programming for
Serendipity

2. Current Organizational
Structures
• Hierarchical
• Workgroups
• Flat
• Others?

3. Job Spaces/Work Spaces
• Job spaces that look at
student spaces?
• Where can the hunches
live?
• Staff coffee houses?
• What else?

4. OptiMal Organizational
StrucTures?
• Network?
• Affiliation?
• Project Teams?
• Other?

5. Services/
Job Responsibilities
• Ingrained from an early
age
• Matrix based for easy
evaluation by a single
person
• Linear
• What else?

6. OptiMal
Job Descriptions/workplans
• Not unilateral?
• Piece work?
• Cross work groups?
• What else?

7. Personal Creativity/
Innovation
• Preparation?
• Incubation?
• Illumination?
• Implementation/
Verification?

8. Take-aways for Serendipity
#1

9. Take-aways for Serendipity
#2

10. Thank You for Your
Participation!
Rachel Frick Jill Emery

11. Reading List
1. Dan Cohen: Planning for Serendipity: http://dp.la/info/2014/02/07/planning-for-
serendipity/
2. Spec Kit 339:Innovation and R&D:
http://publications.arl.org/Innovation-R%26D-SPEC-Kit-339/
3. Redesigning a Library’s Organizational Structure:
Higa, M. L., Bunnett, B., Maina, B., Perkins, J., Ramos, T., Thompson, L., & Wayne, R. (2005).
Redesigning a Library’s Organizational Structure. College & Research Libraries.
http://crl.acrl.org/content/66/1/41.full.pdf+html
4. Where do good ideas come from by Steve Johnson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c

12. Photo Credits
1. clickonenglish.blogspot.com
2. tickledbylife.com
3. Figure 3: The 'Swiss cheese' model of serendipity. http://www.informationr.net/ir/16-3/paper491.html
4. Organizational Chart library.princeton.edu
5. Org chart: The Ohio State University libraries: library.osu.edu
6. Organization of the Library of Leiden: www.library.leiden.edu
7. Bringing Order out of Chaos, University of Eastern Finland Library: www.emeraldinsight.com
8. Portland State University 3rd Floor Collaborative Space, Jill Emery
9. Networking: Dirty word or lever: www.ekaterinawalter.com
10. Social Networks: blog.myheritage.com
11. Banks School Supply Catalog: banksschoolsupplycatalog.com
12. Role of business: www.emeraldinsight.com
13. Integrated assessment: akoaotearoa.ac.nz
14. Optimal Fab Operation Design: www.tefen.com
15. Creativity & Innovation Mind Map: www.mind-mapping.co.uk
16. Braindancing Smorgasbord: braindancingsmorgasbord.blogspot.com
17. Rachel Frick
18. Jill Emery