Dear Michael, I am glad you mention this! I wrote an article about that idea and had some Brainstormings on that topic. Maybe you have a read into this: https://medium.com/p/8b75429135f1?source=linkShare-a75ac532cd83-1529949414
With best regards, Uwe Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Jun 2018, at 19:11, Mike Timpani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lets put the two together: an IC and Coworking space. > > > What is an IC? > > Wait, let me start from the beginning. I’m getting ahead of myself. > > Ever been helped by a librarian in your life, in a public library or through > your academic career in college or high school? Maybe you are in a profession > that uses librarians. They can be found in law firms and hospitals helping > doctors and attorneys and even in the government helping everyone find the > information they need. Yes, even in this “Google era” Librarians are more > needed than ever before, to help find the RIGHT information and not a lot of > it. > > My new concept would be to add a live person to the co-working amenities > available to the tenants. I call it an “information concierge”. Someone with > a library degree, like an MLS, would be on site at one of the properties of a > co-worker company. The “IC” would be exclusive on-site in person to the > tenants of that specific office space and virtual to all the other tenants in > the same companies spaces around the area. > > For example: Hire a librarian and set that person up in a permanent office at > your co working space. The “IC” would be there on a regular workday schedule, > 9-5 for the physical tenants. The “IC” would also be available virtually by > phone or computer to all the other tenants in the same co-worker company > spaces around that one office they are set up in. > > The “IC” would help all the tenants with their projects or research that they > would need to be doing to complete their work in the city they are visiting. > It could be a day, a week or a regular renter on a monthly basis. The “IC” > could help the clients with any of the traditional library duties, borrow > books, buy articles or research reports, assist them with whatever their > needs would be. > > So, let’s make this happen. Hire a librarian or an “IC”!!! > > Since my idea is a new one it can be tweaked to fit several different > situations. > > The basic Librarian model that I see this working as is the "public > librarian" model. When you go into a public library, you don't give the > librarian money to find a book or information for you, the salary of the > librarian is paid by the state or county where the library is located and the > librarian's knowledge and services are free to the patrons. > > So in my model, the IC services would be free to the clients or tenants who > rent out your space. That person's services would be part of the buildings or > space amenities. > > But, I would have the services be free up to a point. if the tenant is using > the IC services and knowledge heavily like 2-3 hours, then the IC could start > charging the person and their company maybe 10 dollars an hour, and if the IC > ordered anything for them, like a book or reports or articles, they would > also have to pay those prices. > > This would all be upfront in a document the tenants sign when they rent your > spaces, whether they use the IC or not, they sign it as an understanding, and > if they have any questions, they can ask the IC about the guidelines. > > So, I challenge you in your personal Co working "sandbox" to talk to an > information specialist in your area. Most cities or regions in the U.S., have > library associations you can reach out to. Be the first realty group to make > this happen and start a trend. > > In my case, I am trying to make this model work in the DC area, with, I > imagine, a more diverse cross section of people looking for information, > although my years of experience is mostly in legal research and working with > and for attorneys. > > > Michael Timpani, MLS > [email protected] > Feel free to reach out to me about this article and my idea. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
