Be the Change: Pragmatic Chaos!

Natasha Casteel, Rendi Hodge, Chris Rohde

Roseville Public Library

What is Pragmatic Chaos?

Disruption with Intent

Balancing Structure with Creativity

Never stop because you are afraid-

You are never so likely to be wrong.

Fridtjof Nansen

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Edward R. Murrow

Staff Reorganization

Library Teams Location, Location Training & Engagement Get everyone moving in the

same direction Staff are the drivers and need to

have ownership Right person in the right role

Programming Examples

Responsibility Matrix

Affinity Exercise

Your summer reading program has been floundering and you need

to rethink how you plan and implement it. Write down all the issues and concerns involved in

changing the program.

You cannot fix what you cannot face.

James Baldwin

Community Engagement

“One City” model Strategic Plan Responsive, not reactive Use of real time assessment tools Outreach presence Elected officials

It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets

the credit. Harry S. Truman

When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

Margaret Chase Smith

Successes & Challenges

PowerON Services Mac Lab Open Source ILS Literacy Program Mobile Library Demand vs. Resources

It’s a delightful thing to think of perfection;

but it’s vastly more amusing to talk of

errors and absurdities. Fanny Burney

Take your job seriously, but don’t

take yourself too seriously.

Alex Trebek

Step one to running a marathon:

You run. There is no step two.

Barney Stinson