Stanford Institute on 21st Century Librarianship

1. 2001 Stanford Institute on 21st Century Librarianship Martha Flotten, YS David Lane, PLT

2. The hills are high and Rome is far away...

3. You must know your community before you can serve them. -Gary Strong

4. Oh yeah, that’s Frank... The latest in technology...

5. Take more risks. Maximize opportunity instead of minimizing risk…. -Marty Manley

6. Never confuse a clear view... …with a short distance. -John Markoff

7. Information Technology has created gorilla guerilla marketing. -Mike Keller

8. Eugenie Prime Time

9. “Leaders empower others to translate intention into reality and sustain it.” Warren Bennis, Burt Nanus.

10. “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people that do the right things.” -Warren Bennis, Burt Nanus

11. VISION: Importance of a shared vision: • inspires • motivates • provides common identity • fosters commitment • empowers • exhilarates

12. Your vision acts as a filter to help you decide what opportunities to go for.

13. Ridgedale Youth Services Vision • Make the library a dynamic, educational, inspirational and fun place to be for children, teens and their families through innovative displays, collections and programs. • Work with local groups serving children and teens to make the library a part of their lives. • Create original displays and programs for use systemwide. • Use Ridgedale and its many resources, as a training group for new YS staff and interns. • Work with agencies in the West Resource Group to ensure all agencies have the means to provide service to children, teens and their families. • Public Learning and Training Vision: • HCL trains its staff to become effective librarian-teachers. • HCL staff develop and choose from a variety of excellent curriculum materials. • HCL staff routinely teach information skills in a variety of formats, languages and locations. • Patrons we have taught teach others what they’ve learned. Characteristics of an Effective Vision Imaginable: Conveys a picture of what the future will look like. Desirable: Appeals to the long-term interests of employees, customers, shareholders and others who have a stake in the enterprise. Feasible: Is clear enough to provide guidance in decision-making. Flexible: Is general enough to allow individual initiative and alternative responses in the light of changing conditions. Communicable: Is easy to communicate; can be successfully explained within five minutes.

14. “Effective leaders give team members the self-confidence to act, to take charge of their responsibilities, and make changes occur rather than merely perform assigned tasks. In short leaders create leaders!” Carl E. Larson and Frank M. LaFasto

15. But of a good leader,who talks little... When his work is done, his aim fulfilled... They will all say, “We did it ourselves” -Lao Tzu

16. So, what is our vision?

17. Tomorrow’s Librarians . . .

18. Today.

19. Thank you! “You want to know what your customers will want in the future? If you have a children’s department, you’ve got your laboratory. Ask the kids.” -Rick Luce, Los Alamos National Laboratory