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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793536503321

Titolo

Supporting entrepreneurship and innovation / / edited by Janet A. Crum, and Samantha Schmehl Hines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-78973-207-7

1-78973-205-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages)

Collana

Advances in library administration and organization, , 0732-0671 ; ; volume 40

Disciplina

658.421

Soggetti

Library administration - Technological innovations

Library science - Technological innovations

Entrepreneurship

Language Arts & Disciplines - Library & Information Science - Administration & Management

Library & information sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims -- Introduction: supporting entrepreneurship and innovation -- Tools for entrepreneurship and innovation -- Library activities related to entrepreneurship and innovation -- Case studies of libraries supporting entrepreneurship and innovation -- Innovation and entrepreneurship in library education -- About the authors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dynamic ways. In this volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, we delve beyond examples and case studies to look at how library leaders can develop support for innovation and entrepreneurship within their libraries and within the profession.Chapters include examinations of design thinking and space planning, staffing, mission statements, and makerspaces. The contributors to this volume cover libraries and their activities in North



America, Europe and Africa, and also discuss professional development in entrepreneurship topics as well as support of innovation. Libraries are increasing support of entrepreneurship and innovation across the board, and this volume will position administrators and managers of libraries to better understand what's happening, and how to bring it into their own institutions.