The 24th Thing: What's Next
Sean Robinson, Allen County Public Library
Lori Reed, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Christa Burns
Michael Sauers
Helene Blowers was supposed to present this session, but unfortunately she was unable to attend.
What is your vision?
-What are you trying to do with these 2.0 tools?
3 tenets of the 23 things
Engage
Enrich - reach people, if you blog you want people to read it. How can you have a message that resonates?
Empower - empower others and fight for what you love
What is your strategy? "If you are in a great organization your mission/vision statement is a cooperative effort among all." -
3 Questions
1. How are people finding us
2. What are they
How are they finding us?
-Users need to find us outside the actually building
-We need to go where are users are
Engagement is not an idea, it is a practice
"I'm not desperate for attention, I just like spending ten hours a day on twitter."
Nebraska now has an ongoing 23 things that started in May of 2009. They learn 1 thing a month until they run out of things. May have been better to have 2 things a month to keep participation up.
Have to keep promoting the 23 things in order to keep people participating.
Innovating During a Time Of Change
Libraries are facing a time where budgets are being cut and some are being completely closed.
At the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library -
Budget was cut by 2 million, and 120 people were laid off.
Now they are talking about losing over half the staff in July
"In calm weather, all ships have good captains"
To get through these tough times had to advocate and started SaveLibraries.org
Five Quick Ways your library can innovate during tough times
1. Innovation is more than technology
2. Be willing to do what's right for the organization and the profession
3. You can't communicate too much
4. Accept the fact that libraries are going to look very different in the future
5. This is an opportunity to learn, grow, adapt, improve, and let go of what's not working
We should not have to tell people why libraries are important, that should be inherent in everything that we do.
***This presentation was very good. It took a turn at the end, but Lori had some great thoughts on libraries in peril. I really enjoyed this session and while I didn't get to hear the presenter that I was hoping to, I thought they did a great job at the last minute.***
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