Libraries are in the midst of a transformational change that is driven by complex shifts in their operating environment. Libraries are responding to these shifts in creative and novel ways in order to stay relevant and financially viable. Today’s library leaders must be prepared not only to transform their libraries, but also to transform themselves. Workshop participants were invited to imagine their library in 2020, and to set out on the journey to transform their career in preparation for this future.

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2. Transforming yourself for the
future library
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3. Today’s session: 10.50am – 12.30pm
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Transformational change
Rebooting libraries
Your library in 2020 (and beyond)
Transforming you
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4. Why are you here today?
• 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
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5. What is transformational change?
Tom Stoddart / Hulton Archive / Getty in Time Magazine

6. What is transformational change?
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Discontinuous
Disruptive
Revolutionary
Frame-breaking
Chaotic
Uncertain
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7. Death
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8. What is transformational change?
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Whole of organisation
New leadership
New vision & values
New image
Total reorganisation
Reallocation of
resources & power
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9. Everything old is new again
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Workflows
Products
Capabilities
Clients
Systems
Processes & policies
Communications
Decision-making structures
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10. Why are libraries transforming?
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11. 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

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New services
New ways of engaging & influencing
New capabilities
New operating models
New vision, values and cultures
New branding/image
New clients
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13. New services
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Image: SFMakers, Santa Fe Children‟s Museum http://www.santafechildrensmuseum.org/makerspace.html

14. New services
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Espresso Book Machine. Photo ©2012 Phillip Greenberg, courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library
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15. New ways of engaging

16. New operating models
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17. New ways of
influencing
Image: Swedish Library Association

18. New image
Image: @justine_hyde Victoria
State Library of
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19. New capabilities

20. Imagine your own future, or
someone else will imagine it for
you
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21. “The Library in
2020 will be…”
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Stuff
People
Community
Place
Leadership and
vision
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22. “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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23. “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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24. “The Library in 2020 will be ruled by
geeks.”
Sarah Houghton
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25. “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
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26. Your library in 2020 (and beyond)
Finish this sentence:
“My library in 2020 will be…”
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Discuss with your table
Write your statements on post-it notes
Stick them on the wall
Read everyone‟s statements
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28. Future-proofing you
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
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29. How are we
transformed?
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30. Birth

31. Health scare
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32. Relationship

33. Travel

34. Competition

35. Job loss

36. Transforming you
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Fear
Anxiety
Passion
Adrenaline
Pain
Discovery
Surprise
Joy
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38. Transforming Felix
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39. Transformational learning
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Immersion
Tough job
Failure
Feedback/mentoring
Competition
Success
Strategies and tactics
Teamwork
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40. Transforming you
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41. Transforming you
• 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
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42. What did you want to take
away from today’s
session?
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43. Questions?

44. Get in touch
Justine Hyde
Director, Library Services & Experience
State Library of Victoria
Twitter: @justine_hyde
LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/justinehyde/
Blog: http://justinehyde.wordpress.com/

45. Transforming yourself for the
future library
#vala14 #bcc
@justine_hyde
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