Supporting entrepreneurship and innovation /

• Other Authors: Crum, Janet (Editor), Hines, Samantha Schmehl (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Advances in library administration and organization, volume 40
• Subjects: Library administration > Technological innovations.; Library science > Technological innovations.; Entrepreneurship.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > Administration & Management.; Library & information sciences.

Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dy...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Introduction: supporting entrepreneurship and innovation
• Tools for entrepreneurship and innovation
• Library activities related to entrepreneurship and innovation
• Case studies of libraries supporting entrepreneurship and innovation
• Innovation and entrepreneurship in library education
• About the authors
• Index.