Futureproofing Your Library
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Welcome! To get started…
1. Write on an index card: 3 questions or issues you want to tackle today
2. Write on the banner paper: the best library advice anyone ever gave you
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Futureproofing Your Libraryan “un-workshop”
Joan Frye Williams and George Needham
SEFLINApril 30, 2009
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“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Alan Kay
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What future do you want to create?
Your communityYour libraryYour team/work groupPersonally/professionally
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Time is scarce.
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Information is everywhere.
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You carry your work with you.
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Learning and play are two sides of the same coin.
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Collaboration can make you smarter.
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Planning, decision-making, andcommunication
take placein real time.Cooperatively.
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Innovation is everyone‘s job.
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We only get one Earth,
so we’d better take good care
of it.
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Failure to keep up with the times is embarrassing.
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So what?
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The challenge: modernizing our techniques without sacrificing our principles
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Principle or technique?
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Which library principles matter most to you?
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“Clump” and name your principles
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Table talks…
What do civilians expect of us in this area?Which techniques are already working well?What do we do now that confuses non-
librarians?What else might we try?What might we stop doing entirely?What do we need to learn more about?
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Think of a favorite book, movie, play, poem, or piece of music…
What is it?Why is it important
to you?How has that
affected your life?
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Strategic positioning:Five approaches that work
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From exception…
…to mainstream
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Bottom lineLess gate-keeping, more convenience
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From altruism to…
…return on investment
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Bottom lineLess perfectionism, more efficiency
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From a focus on the past …
…to a focus on the future
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Bottom lineLess caution, more flexibility
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From frill…
…to necessity
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Bottom lineLess modesty…
…more urgency
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From information
to transformation
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Bottom line Relationships trump transactions
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Do you have a problem with that?
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“How can we…”
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Evaluate your choices: Will it show?
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Evaluate your choices: Can it grow?
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Evaluate your choices: Does it flow?
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Evaluate your choices:Is it time for it to go?
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Show the passion!
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Let’s continue the conversation…
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