AAAL Workshop Committee is pleased to announce our featured workshop upcoming Spring Meeting at Olds College.

Featured Workshop: Out-of-the-Box Design Thinking for Libraries

Speaker and Facilitator: Céline Gareau-Brennan, University of Alberta Libraries

Looking for an “out-of-the-box” way to think about, plan, and/or assess library services? Get ready to look at your library services from a different perspective using Design Thinking methods! Design Thinking allows you to examine or plan you library’s practices in a unique and innovative way.  Spark your curiosity and awaken your creativity in this hands-on workshop that introduces a Design Thinking around your UX (User Experience) in a library environment. This workshop will start by introducing you to the concepts of Design Thinking in a UX context and offer specific Design Thinking techniques to implement.  You will also get the opportunity to practice specific techniques such as customer journey mapping, and service blueprinting.

Learning Goals:

1. Understand the concepts of Design Thinking & UX

2. Understand the advantages and challenges of applying these concepts

3. Practice specific Design Thinking techniques to consider UX

Join us on May 10 at Olds College to connect with your AAAL colleagues from across the province and consider sharing more about your work, projects, research. Call for presenters deadline is March 25. Submit your proposal here.