Review article

University library as a living lab: innovating with students

Andrea Alessandro Gasparini ; Department of Informatics and University library, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Alma Leora Culén orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-2040 ; Department of Informatics and University library, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies are part of everyday life, including the portion of it that has something to do with the university libraries: all students use personal mobile technology and all books have embedded sensors. This paper describes three years long experience with student-lead innovation of student-oriented university library services. Stu-dents, as library users themselves, have a potential to initiate changes in the existing practices, or offer novel technological solutions based on ubiquitous and pervasive technologies that are easy to adopt and use for this user group. Within the project described in the paper, the library was established as a living lab for a student-lead innovation. At this stage, the innovators are recruited among interaction design students. The approach shows very promising results, some of which are showcased in the paper.

Keywords

innovation; service design; interaction design; library services

Hrčak ID:

132599

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/132599

Publication date:

1.11.2014.

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