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The purpose of this paper is to investigate how university library leadership retrospectively applied the Cynefin framework to COVID-19 responses. Developed using the principles of complexity theory, the Cynefin framework is a sense-making framework that assists those who use it with decision making in ordered and un-ordered situations. The framework comprises five domains: (a) clear, (b) complicated, (c) complex, (d) chaotic, and (e) aware and confused. Because problems are ever-evolving, the cyclical nature of the Cynefin framework allows for and encourages transitions between domains. Through reflection on their experiences during the pandemic, library leaders can utilize the framework's tenets to make future decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The living world is comprised of beings with degrees of complexity developing in sequential stages, ranging from cellular organelles through cells, organs and organisms to animal populations, doing so in accordance with the repeated application of two basic principles: juxtaposition of entities arising from the same stage, then integration of these entities to produce a higher stage. As for a mosaic art work, the newly formed stage still leaves a degree of autonomy for the entities of the previous stage that combine to form the mosaic. The same mosaic-type construction can be used to describe mental processes in the living world, e.g. memory, cultural habits, consciousness, language, literature and even ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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