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2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Open Innovation in Research Libraries-Myth or Reality?
Authors : Ada Scupola, Hanne W. Nicolajsen
Published in: Management of the Interconnected World
Publisher: Physica-Verlag HD
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In this article we investigate open innovation in a non commercial setting: research libraries. The research questions are: Do academic libraries engage in open innovation processes? If so, what are the most important actors in e-services innovation and development and what is their role? By drawing on earlier research on open innovation, new product development and new service development, a case study at Roskilde University Library is conducted. We found that research libraries are indeed engaging in open innovation, especially they are involving competitors, government agencies and users. In particular collaboration with other Danish research libraries and governmental agencies are important in setting the visions and strategies for e-services innovations; users have a more limited role.