Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
Future Planning
I always enjoy working with libraries and other community organisations to anticipate the future, and plan accordingly. There is an element of 'practical creativity' in Scenario Planning that most library managers in particular warm to immediately. Recently while tidying some old files, I rediscovered a 1995 article by Michael Gorman in American Libraries. He pays homage to S. R. Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science with five 'contemporary' reinterpretations. They are as relevant today as they were 15 years ago, possibly more so. 1. Libraries serve humanity 2. Respect all forms by which knowledge is created 3. Use technology intelligently to enhance service 4. Protect free access to knowledge 5. Honor the past and create the future. Gorman concludes: "With a sense of history and a knowledge of enduring values and the continuity of our mission, the library can never be destroyed. Along with this sense of time future being contained in time past there must be the acceptance of the challenge of innovation. It is neither the easiest of prescriptions nor the most fashionable, but libraries need to combine the past and the future in a rational, clear-headed, unsentimental manner." Exactly!
Library Thought Leaders
Recently I had the good fortune to interview Joann Ransom, Head of Libraries for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand. Joann is the thought leader responsible for the Koha and Kete open source library systems. Earlier this year, Joann was named one of the American Library Association's Movers and Shakers for 2010, the first New Zealander to be honoured in this way. Joann's thoughts on innovation are simple, practical and incredibly profound. Her advice to other librarians includes:-
Go to conferences in other sectors, not just library conferences
Don't over think things - ask yourself, "how hard can it be?"
Use critical friends from outside libraries to test ideas and prototypes
Communicate your vision (the big picture) from day one
Don't get stuck trying to be perfect, and above all
Don't be scared...try things!
Library Innovation, Sydney
"Excellent, inspiring" ... "Easy to follow, informative and interesting" ... "An excellent presenter" Last week in Sydney it was my pleasure to facilitate an exciting new program on Library Innovation. Topics covered included:-
Defining opportunities to innovate
Re-discovering personal and group creativity
Overcoming 'Innovator's Block', and
Sustaining innovation at work
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