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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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New services
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New services
New ways of engaging
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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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