Participants in this high-participation interactive workshop will share perspectives on the question of how libraries and library instruction can more effectively support creativity. We will consider whether a creativity-first instructional framework would be of value to libraries and, if so, what its “frames” for creativity-oriented instruction might look like.
What are the guiding instructional norms and service models that can sustain individual, social, and civic creativity, even in these days of AI tools, influencers, and misinformation? Attendees will engage in ideation and conversation to share ideas and experiences to envision new practices for supporting creativity in libraries.
Participants will:
- be able to describe and evaluate perspectives shared during the session about the dispositions and skills that could define a framework for supporting creativity in libraries.
- assess ideas that have been shared about library creativity infrastructure and tools, and how library resources can better support creativity.
- be able to compare existing and proposed approaches to information or library creativity in connection with individual user needs and larger questions of civic values and social justice.
