Instructor: Annie Downie
Dates: January 14-27, 2013
Credits: 0.75 CEUs
Cost: $90
Librarians are constantly called on to come up with
creative solutions to problems of all stripes, whether is it how to offer
amazing service with too little staff, coming up with ways to convince faculty
to bring their classes to the library, plan for an unknown and constantly
changing future, develop presentations that wow board members or
administrators, or develop an innovative orientation session for new freshman.
We have to do it all and usually in a short amount of time. One of the most
valuable tools a librarian can have is the ability to think creatively and to
approach issues with a fresh and open mind.
The course is comprised of four sections: Generating New
Ideas, Developing Habits of Creative Thinking, The Thinking Process, and
Turning Ideas into Successful Projects. Within these sections you will learn
practical strategies and techniques including effective brainstorming,
cross-fertilization of ideas, creating time and space to think, perceptual
positioning, questioning assumptions and biases, concept mapping,
unconventional problem solving, problem redefinition, and reality checks. This
course will utilize brief readings, online discussion, video, worksheets, and
exercises.
The course will culminate in you taking a work problem or
issue you are currently dealing with and developing a plan of action using the
6-step Productive Thinking Model and your newly learned creative problem
solving skills. The instructor will work closely with you on the development of
your plan offering guidance and feedback throughout the process.
Annie Downey currently serves as the Director of Research
Services at the Reed College Library, in Portland OR. She is the former Head of
Research and Instructional Services at the University of North Texas, where she
also served as Manager of the Instruction Unit, Outreach Librarian, Reference
and Instruction Librarian, and a Graduate Library Assistant. She is in the
dissertation phase of her PhD in Higher Education at UNT, where the focus of
her research is critical information literacy. She also teaches Academic
Libraries at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information
Science. Interview with Annie Downey
Library Juice Academy
PO Box 25322
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel. 218-260-6115
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