Comments on: Getting change to stick http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/ Resources for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Getting Change to Stick http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25732 LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Getting Change to Stick Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:30:40 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25732 [...] post, Getting change to stick, at Karen Coomb’s blog, has me thinking about change and growth, but not in an institutional [...] [...] post, Getting change to stick, at Karen Coomb’s blog, has me thinking about change and growth, but not in an institutional [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25725 Jeff Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25725 Great advice! More librarians and library administration need to read this. I remember talking with Sandra Nelson during the update for the planning for results. She said all the libraries that had participated had made so many great changes, even though they didn't see it. We just see the boulder we push up the hill, but not how far we have pushed it. Great advice! More librarians and library administration need to read this. I remember talking with Sandra Nelson during the update for the planning for results. She said all the libraries that had participated had made so many great changes, even though they didn’t see it. We just see the boulder we push up the hill, but not how far we have pushed it.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25722 K.G. Schneider Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:18:52 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/06/11/getting-change-to-stick/#comment-25722 The key is to know when you are actually contributing to positive change and when you are beating your head on the wall. I believe Roy Tennant wrote about this recently, though I can't remember where. I too felt at FPOW Minus One (Librarians' Internet Index) that change happened at a glacially slow pace, largely due to chronic funding issues. Yet in looking back, it was a good five years where we moved into important new directions, and I left the place better than when I arrived. This reminds me of all the discussions about ALA, etc. I know it seems ageist to point this out, but world experience is helpful in understanding what can be changed, what's WORTH changing, and how long change really takes. Your unconference is great because it changes ALA without abandoning ALA. The key is to know when you are actually contributing to positive change and when you are beating your head on the wall. I believe Roy Tennant wrote about this recently, though I can’t remember where. I too felt at FPOW Minus One (Librarians’ Internet Index) that change happened at a glacially slow pace, largely due to chronic funding issues. Yet in looking back, it was a good five years where we moved into important new directions, and I left the place better than when I arrived.

This reminds me of all the discussions about ALA, etc. I know it seems ageist to point this out, but world experience is helpful in understanding what can be changed, what’s WORTH changing, and how long change really takes.

Your unconference is great because it changes ALA without abandoning ALA.

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