What Academic Librarians Should Know about Creative Thinking

John A. Olson

doi:10.1016/S0099-1333(99)80057-3

What Academic Librarians Should Know about Creative Thinking

John A. Olson

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Abstract

Librarians need to explore their individual creativity. Creative thinking is an underutilized problem-solving skill that can be learned and applied to any situation. This article explains how librarians can understand, develop, and use their creative thinking abilities and skills in the workplace.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	383-389
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Academic Librarianship
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(99)80057-3
State	Published - Sep 1999
Externally published	Yes

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