Transforming yourself for the future library: VALA 2014 workshop presentation

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Libraries are in the midst of a transformational change that is driven by complex shifts in their operating environment. Libraries are responding to these shifts in creative and novel ways in order to stay relevant and financially viable. Today’s library leaders must be prepared not only to transform their libraries, but also to transform themselves. Workshop participants were invited to imagine their library in 2020, and to set out on the journey to transform their career in preparation for this future.

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Transforming yourself for the future library

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• Transformational change• Rebooting libraries• Your library in 2020 (and beyond)• Transforming you

Today’s session: 10.50am – 12.30pm

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• Introduce yourself - name, role and organisation

• What’s the one thing you want to take away from today’s session?

• Write it on a post-it and put it away for later

Why are you here today?

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Tom Stoddart / Hulton Archive / Getty in Time Magazine

What is transformational change?

• Discontinuous• Disruptive• Revolutionary• Frame-breaking• Chaotic• Uncertain

What is transformational change?

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Death

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• Whole of organisation

• New leadership• New vision &

values• New image• Total

reorganisation• Reallocation of

resources & power

What is transformational change?

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• Workflows • Products • Capabilities • Clients • Systems • Processes & policies • Communications • Decision-making structures

Everything old is new again

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Why are libraries transforming?

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• The status of the global economy • Trends in business environment • Governments’ policy reforms and priorities • Consumer and customer preferences • Competitors (traditional and emerging)• New and emerging technologies• Relationships and partnerships including

vendors • Costs and budgets

Adapted from ‘Trends in the Library and Information Services Sector: Information Brief’, Robert McEntyre & Associates Pty Limited, March 2013

Why are libraries transforming?

• New services• New ways of engaging & influencing• New capabilities• New operating models• New vision, values and cultures• New branding/image• New clients

Rebooting libraries

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@justine_hyde 13Image: SFMakers, Santa Fe Children’s Museum http://www.santafechildrensmuseum.org/makerspace.html

New services

@justine_hyde 14Espresso Book Machine. Photo ©2012 Phillip Greenberg, courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library

New services

New ways of engaging

http://www.librii.org

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New operating models

New ways of influencing

Image: Swedish Library Association

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New image

Image: State Library of Victoria

New capabilities

Imagine your own future, or someone else will imagine it

for you

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“The Library in 2020 will be…”• Stuff• People• Community• Place• Leadership and

vision

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“The Library in 2020 will be an information base camp – a forward outpost serving as a temporary home to people journeying out into the information environment.”

James W Rosenzweig

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“The Library in 2020 will be just like the library today, except without all the books, music, and movies.”

The Annoyed Librarian

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“The Library in 2020 will be ruled by geeks.”

Sarah Houghton

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“The Library in 2020 will be a tale of two academic research libraries: one flourishing in the best of times and one languishing in the worst of times.” Mary Ann

Mavrinac

Finish this sentence: “My library in 2020 will be…”

• Discuss with your table• Write your statements on post-it

notes• Stick them on the wall• Read everyone’s statements

Your library in 2020 (and beyond)

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Executive derailment• Unwilling to learn• Don’t adapt to changing

circumstances• Rely on strengths• Narrow functional specialty • Lack self-awareness• Problems building interpersonal

relationships• Failure to build & lead a team• Don’t meet business objectives

Future-proofing you

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How are we transformed?

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Birth

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Health scare

Relationship

Travel

Competition

Job loss

• Fear• Anxiety• Passion• Adrenaline• Pain• Discovery• Surprise• Joy

Transforming you

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Transforming Felix

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• Immersion• Tough job• Failure• Feedback/mentoring• Competition• Success• Strategies and tactics• Teamwork

Transformational learning

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Transforming you

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• What skills & knowledge do you need to succeed in transformational change?

• Identify 1 fear & 1 passion• List 2 actions for each that will

create a transformational learning experience

• Discuss in groups of 2 or 3

Transforming you

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What did you want to take away from today’s session?

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Questions?

Get in touch

Justine Hyde Director, Library Services & ExperienceState Library of Victoria

Twitter: @justine_hydeLinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/justinehyde/Blog: http://justinehyde.wordpress.com/

Transforming yourself for the future library

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