(I have ordered a copy of the book which Johnson used as the basis of her article for the Rhodes Library - Wagner, T. 2012. Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. New York: Simon and Schuster.)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Creating Innovators : Can the Library Contribute?
An interesting article by Natasha Johnson from Purdue University looks at three common themes which characterize innovators, viz., play, purpose, and passion and wonders how academic librarians can foster creativity in "library as space", in information literacy (allow failures!), in stimulating students' interests (displays, social media, etc.??) and in encouraging their development.
(I have ordered a copy of the book which Johnson used as the basis of her article for the Rhodes Library - Wagner, T. 2012. Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. New York: Simon and Schuster.)
(I have ordered a copy of the book which Johnson used as the basis of her article for the Rhodes Library - Wagner, T. 2012. Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. New York: Simon and Schuster.)
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