Designing an incubator for social innovations in libraries : Learnings from the Research through Design approach

ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Ladislava, Roman NOVOTNÝ, Tomáš ŠTEFEK, Aldo DE MOOR, Jiřina SVITÁKOVÁ, Eliška BARTOŠOVÁ, Petr ŠKYŘÍK, Barbora BUCHTOVÁ and Eva VÍCHOVÁ. Designing an incubator for social innovations in libraries : Learnings from the Research through Design approach. Interaction Design and Architecture (s). 2021, vol. 47, Winter 2020-21, p. 215-236. ISSN 1826-9745. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-047-010.

Basic information

• Original name: Designing an incubator for social innovations in libraries : Learnings from the Research through Design approach
• Name in Czech: Návrh inkubátoru pro sociální inovace v knihovnách : Poznatky z aplikace přístupu Research through Design
• Authors: ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Ladislava (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Roman NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš ŠTEFEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Aldo DE MOOR (528 Netherlands), Jiřina SVITÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eliška BARTOŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr ŠKYŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Barbora BUCHTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Eva VÍCHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Interaction Design and Architecture (s), 2021, 1826-9745.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50803 Information science
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/21:00121405
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-047-010
• Keywords in English: social innovations; libraries; design thinking; research through design
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Promoting social innovations in libraries requires a new approach to designing innovation programs. In order to provide the effective learning program on social innovations for libraries, the Research through Design methodology was selected as a tool for setting the program for the needs of participants as well as for providing scalable approach to designing innovation programs aimed at increasing the innovation competencies of librarians. Design thinking and the design process are a suitable basis for incubating new socially innovative services. However, the design process needs to include the subsequent phases of the social innovation life cycle, such as demonstrating the impact, its successful presentation or scaling. For a higher social impact, it is necessary to strengthen the importance of participatory community network mapping as a key input in solving community problems and the role and future direction of the library. When designing, it is necessary to integrate all these components into one whole, and when facilitating, it is necessary to pay attention to all these parts. Four runs of the incubation program are described as well as their results, outputs, and learnings from the whole designing process. Gasparini’s concepts of openness, dialogical spaces and temporality have proven to be applicable also for designing the incubation programs for public libraries. Within the incubation programs attention should be paid both to user-oriented and inner organizational social innovations.

Links

• CZ.03.3.X/0.0/0.0/15_124/0006474, interní kód MU: Name: Centrum sociálních inovací ve veřejných knihovnických a informačních službách (Acronym: CIDES)

Investor: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the CR, Priority axis 3: Social innovation and international cooperation