Re-thinking

HumLab X

Workshop: Re-Imagining Search

27th May 2015, 13:30h

Search tools mediate how we learn and relate to our learning

environment including others in this environment.

Contact
Aditya Pawar
aditya.pawar@dh.umu.se

Re-imagining the search tool implies thinking beyond measures of

efficiency and productivity, towards measures such as creativity,
inspiration and collaboration.

Language

In this workshop we will explore what these other relational search

tools might be. We will use a mix of co-creation techniques from
lego serious play to role playing to understand the role of search in
learning environments such as a library.

Agenda
13:30 Introductions
13:40 Warm up (Improv. guessing game)
13: 40 Presentation
14:00 Exercise: Setting the stage
- Selecting a space
- Imagining scenarios where people search in these spaces
14:20 Exercise: Build your table top search tool
15:00 Fika
15:30 Presentations: Role play how the tool is used
(5-7 mins per presentation)
16:00 Discussion
16:20 Round up and closure

Purpose

This exercise is not

This is

A method to create POSSIBLE

solutions or even PROBABLE
solutions

To IMAGINE and EXPLORE

the idea of SEARCHING in
library-environments

The only limit is your imagination!

How do you search ?

vs

Image source: A hypothetical library

Machine interactions

Space
Human interactions relations

Anatomy of (digital) search

Student, researchers
(library community)
Librarians
Others

Search is often the ,irst point of contact in a library

Often the line between creators and the library community is blurred
What might be the anatomy of a spatial or human search?

Image source: Anatomy of search

Libraries as socio-cultural centres

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Explore

Create

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EMPOWERMENT

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EXPERIENCE

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INVOLVEMENT

Actors in a library environment

Librarian

Administrators/
Managers

And a variety of user groups

Researchers/ Staff

Students/ Public

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Ex

Setting the stage (20mins)

Select a space (Inspiration, Meeting, Performative, Creative). What might this

space look like?
Come up with an Experience- vision for this space e.g.
When people search in this space they should experience.as if they can trust and
learn from everyone there [For meeting space]
Imagine a few interaction-scenarios where people search in these spaces
(along with other actors)
You are encouraged to think of more than one person using the tool in the
scenarios. Highlight the social interactions therein.

Space

Experience Vision:

Scenarios

Scenarios

Scenarios

Lego Serious Play (thinking through making)

Tips

There are no wrong answers- There is no

right and no wrong way to build.

What the model looks like is not the most

important thing. What is important is
what the you can share/ describe through
the model.

Think with your hands: If you dont know

what you want to build, it is often a good
idea just to start building.

Using metaphors

What you are provided with

The box as table top device

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se
er
Ex

Build your table-top search tool (40min)

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ac

Sp

Based on the space you have chosen

and the interaction vision and a
selected scenario
Build your table top search tool!
Interaction - Vision

Interaction - Scenario

Note:
The device will be present through role
playing where you (in a social setting) would
enact how the device is going to be used in
the space. You might want to rehearse the
role play once before going on stage!

Search tool

Presentations - Role Play

Your user
community

The librarian
The library
management

Role play the search-tool in use.

Introduce the actors being represented on stage (e.g. users,
librarians) and the context before enacting a scenario showing
how the device would be used

Discussion

Re-thinking library infrastructure

How does your current library inspire and allow for creative/
performative/ meetings/ collaborations?
What changes would you do to your current space and
infrastructure to encourage this?

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Re-thinking

Workshop: Re-Imagining Search

HumLab X
27th May 2015
13:30h

Contact:
Aditya Pawar
aditya.pawar@dh.umu.se

Agenda
13:30 Introductions
13:40 Warm up (Improv. guessing game)
13: 40 Presentation
14:00 Exercise: Setting the stage
- Selecting a space
- Imagining scenarios where people search in these spaces
14:20 Exercise: Build your table top search tool
15:00 Fika
15:30 Presentations: Role play how the tool is used
(5-7 mins per presentation)
16:00 Discussion
16:20 Round up and closure

Anatomy of (digital) search

Student, researchers
(library community)
Librarians
Others

Search is often the ,irst point of contact in a library

Often the line between creators and the library community is blurred
What might be the anatomy of a spatial or human search?

Image source: Anatomy of search

Libraries as socio-cultural centres

sp
In

Explore

Create

Participate

iv

ee
tin

at

rm

Sp

rfo

Pe

ac
e

INNOVATION

EMPOWERMENT

Excite

ac

ira

Sp

tio

na

in

n
ar

Le

lS
pa
ce

EXPERIENCE

e
ac

Sp
INVOLVEMENT

Actors in a library environment

Librarian

Administrators/
Managers

And a variety of user groups

Researchers/ Staff

Students/ Public

ci
se
er
Ex

Setting the stage (20mins)

Select a space (Inspiration, Meeting, Performative, Creative). What might this

space look like?
Come up with an Experience- vision for this space e.g.
When people search in this space they should experience.as if they can trust and
learn from everyone there [For meeting space]
Imagine a few interaction-scenarios where people search in these spaces
(along with other actors)
You are encouraged to think of more than one person using the tool in the
scenarios. Highlight the social interactions therein.

Space

Experience Vision:

Scenarios

Scenarios

Scenarios

ci
se
er
Ex

Build your table-top search tool (40min)

e
ac

Sp

Based on the space you have chosen

and the interaction vision and a
selected scenario
Build your table top search tool!
Interaction - Vision

Interaction - Scenario

Note:
The device will be present through role
playing where you (in a social setting) would
enact how the device is going to be used in
the space. You might want to rehearse the
role play once before going on stage!

Search tool

Presentation - Role Play

Your user
community

The librarian
The library
management

Role play the search-tool in use.

Introduce the actors being represented on stage (e.g.

users, librarians) and the context before enacting a
scenario showing how the device would be used

Discussion

Re-thinking library infrastructure

How does your current library inspire and allow for creative/
performative meetings and learning through these
interactions?
What changes would you do to your current space and
infrastructure to encourage this?