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Planning for Innovation. Jim Minges Minges & Associates www.mingesassociates.com. Technology Innovation. How does innovation happen? Planning vs. flexibility. Risk and reward. Management by Wandering along. Northeast Kansas Library System. 120 member libraries; 48 public libraries
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Planning for Innovation Jim Minges Minges & Associates www.mingesassociates.com
Technology Innovation • How does innovation happen? • Planning vs. flexibility. • Risk and reward. • Management by Wandering along.
Northeast Kansas Library System • 120 member libraries; 48 public libraries • Universal access to library service • Continuous improvement of library service, especially in small and rural libraries. • $2.5 million budget
Vision and Values • Convenient access to state of art library resources and outstanding customer service. • We are leaders and innovators in providing exemplary library services. • Embrace innovation and change. • We strive for technology 50 feet from the bleeding edge. • Seek opportunities for statewide access to cooperative technology services.
Free and Open Source Software • Source code can be downloaded, used and modified without fee. • Free like a free kitten, not like free beer. • Development controlled by its community of users and code contributors. • Examples: Firefox, Linux, Java, Apache, Wordpress, Drupal, Evergreen, Koha.
KanguardOpen Source Internet filtering • Internet filtering controversy. • Requested by member libraries. • Open source solution controlled by libraries. • Expansion to statewide service requested and funded by State Library. • Inefficient Internet response time issues. • Eliminated in favor of low cost commercial service.
My Kansas Library on the WebLibrary web site service • Developed in response to request by State Library. • Totally aligned with vision. • Relatively low risk, high reward. • Centrally managed public library website service. • Content determined by local libraries. • Open source Wordpress based service.
Nexpress integrated library system • A shared regional integrated library automation system that allows library users to directly place requests for materials in the collection of any NExpress library. • Perfectly aligned with vision, but a departure from existing service approach. • High risk, high cost, high reward. • Single shared catalog for NEKLS libraries.
Related Web sites • Nexpress library catalog: https://catalog.nexpresslibrary.org/ • About Nexpress: http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/about/ • My Kansas Library on the Web: http://www.mykansaslibrary.org/