American Library Association Annual Conference

Washington DC

June 28 2010

Official Rules•Each contestant will present on the same topic: “Turn and Face the Change: Evolving and Revolving in Libraryland”

•There are 9 unique slide decks of 12 slides each

•Each contestant has 5 minutes to complete their presentation

•Judges will score each presentation on 5 criteria and assign a final score out of 25

•Scores will be combined during musical interlude to determine the winner

•In the event of a tie, we will use the audience applause-o-meter to determine a winner

All competitors shall achieve fame and glory for their bravery in competing in the first ever Battledecks to be

held at ALA Annual

The Rumble RoyaleBattledecks

Official Scoring Categories

Content and Credibility (did it make any sense?)

Poise and Gestures (were they comfortable?)

Flow (minimal pauses and stammering)

Audience response (was there any?)

Getting through all the slides!

Old Skool Librarianship

Walk softly and carry a big stick

RISK MAKING....

…OR RISK TAKING?

14%

32%

84%

Evolving

Revolving

Lolcats

Don’t let fear hold you hostage.

CONSIDER ALL CHANCES

NOT ALL CHANGE

IS GOOD

STAFF MOTIVATION

R WE LISTENIN?

PUBLIC APPRECIATION

COMES IN ALL FORMS

OMRT Conference Survival Kit

Change is hard.

Never forget Ranganathan’s 2nd and 3rd Laws of Library Science.

I’m so 3008. You so 2000 and late.

Turn and Face

the Change...

Evolving and

Revolving in

Libraryland

CHANGE RESISTANCE?

Turn and face the Change

Evolving &

Revolving in

Libraryland

Running in circles

NOT ALL

CHANGE

IS GOOD

Red Shoes give any

outfit some

POP!

There are threats to consider.

According to Thomas

+ +

=

RIGHT.... OR.... WRONG?

COMMUNICATION

How do we make it stick?

Is that an e-librarian?

Turn and Face the Change...

Evolving and Revolving in Libraryland

#OMRT FTW!

Radical transparency

Turn and

Face the

Change...

Evolving and

Revolving in

Libraryland

+ =

WHAT DOES YOUR PRODUCT

SAY ABOUT YOU?

CHANGE RESISTANCE

Turn and Face the Change...

Evolving and Revolving in

Libraryland

THE RIGHT STAFF

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

VS

AMEN

Devising Unique Classification Schemes

Turn and Face the Change...

Evolving and Revolving in Libraryland

VS

WHAT

DOES

YOUR

MESSAGE

SAY

ABOUT

YOU?

Imagine…

Time for Judgement!

Credits and Accolades

Original Theme Music by Ed Hermann

Battledecks Logo design by John LeMasney of 365sketches.org

Slides by Andy Woodworth, Alice Yucht, Jaime Corris Hammond and Janie Hermann

Sponsored generously by American Libraries and The Learning Round Table