April 25 Meeting

Spring 2012 Learning Community

April 25, 2012

Kate Nevins,Chief Executive Officer,

LYRASIS

Introduction to Our Guest Speaker

Caitlin Bakker Millie Gonzalez

Lisa Shores, Tim Hunter, and Brenda Almeyda

Ghadeer Magdy

Jackie LaPlaca RicordsTimothy Cherubini Laura Warren

Project Updates

1. What progress have you made since our last meeting?

2. What is the hardest obstacle that you've faced since our last meeting?

3. What would you like to ask your learning community colleagues to do in the time between now and our next meeting to help you overcome this obstacle?

Collaboration

Kate NevinsApril 24, 2012

“Library cooperation is a contact sport”

Collaboration

What Is Collaboration?

• little c: people

• BIG C: ORGANIZATIONS

Why collaborate

• interdependence• resources• expertise• power• politics• risk taking

Successful collaboration

• synergies• expectations/goals• communications• more……..

Library Consortia

• geography• library type• programs

Why consortia

• interdependence• resources• expertise• power• politics• risk taking

Changing Consortia Scene

• programs• purpose• membership• funding• sustainability• resources• technology

Consortia members

• ROI?• why?• how many?• Overlap?

Questions:

• Collaborations that work?• That don’t.• New collaboration needs?• Consortia decisions?

Kate Nevins

800-999-8558 x4898

404-372-6510 (cell)

kate.nevins@lyrasis.org

www.LYRASIS.org

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