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Library Planning Research Social Library Issues

REALM Update (five simple rules for managing uncertainty)

Imagine that we asked you to invent a new kind of library for a new society that lives online. The task is too vague for a team to build and…

acohen October 9, 2020

Library Planning Research Space Planning work in progress

Defining Metrics for Library Services

Librarians can provide effective and efficient ways of delivering services to their users by understanding their role. Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD has developed organizational staff plans that allow leadership to…

acohen October 5, 2020

Library Planning Research work in progress

Leadership in Times of Change

What makes an innovation successful? As our library project experience suggests, all disruptive changes require leadership that is adaptive and well prepared for the future. According to Ronald Heifetz, Center…

acohen September 28, 2020

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues

Trusting Team Planning (build the courage to lead)

“Courage is a prerequisite for all leadership,” Brené Brown says. And it can be taught. It’s made up of four skills: being vulnerable is the most important, followed by sticking…

acohen September 24, 2020

Library Planning Research library technology work in progress

Blasting Off into the Knowledge Management Environment

Learning environments can be analyzed as a complex entity comprising many different factors. We have developed many types of library programs and know that some interactions are more important than…

acohen September 18, 2020

Library Planning Research

New Library Trees to the Cloud

The evolution of digital media has enhanced global perspectives in all facets of business, increasing the range, scope, and accessibility of libraries. Due to the tremendously impact-full influence of Covid,…

acohen September 2, 2020

Library Planning Research

Digital Burrito

It is crucial to find ways to protect learning outcomes during the current pandemic. Going forward, we need to build a library system that combines all of the best practices…

acohen August 31, 2020

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues work in progress

Learning Environment Design: Digital Library Community

Regardless of the type of learner, gaming is likely to become a common online learning strategy for many schools. For libraries, it is a necessity that the nature and scope…

acohen August 24, 2020

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues Space Planning

Learning Pods: Library User Needs

Value the Present. After hundreds of years of educational space planning, we are now increasingly transformed by online education and the collaboration environment. The library as well as educational institutions…

acohen August 18, 2020

Library Planning Research

Communities of Practice Support Online Learning

The greatest misconception about instructional technology is the idea that online learning or remote learning is a finite game. It is an infinite game, which we call Lifelong Learning. Because education…

acohen July 23, 2020