CiL: Making Time for web 2.0

David Lee King (Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library)
Making Time for 2.0

Why should you make time?
1. be relevant to next gen users (even the "old stuff", e.g. ebay that your mom is using uses 2.0)
2. teach the current generation (teach grandma to use flickr)
3. teach them how to subscribe to the library
4. save time (prof. reading, IM, bookmarking)
5. patrons what to participate
6. be a community leader
7. land a cool job (transformative technologies)

Q: How do you deal with people that are looking at retirement...not for a cool new job?
Changing focus in job descriptions. Hire the great people first. Reference the "Good to Great", and "The Leadership Challenge".

How to make time?
1.Changing focus (finding time v. willingness and priority) find: beth cantor's blog? beth's blog?. Don't "carve out time"...make it become an essential part of your job...change job descrip.!
2. Schedule your time--make appts. for yourself. Write more than one blog post in a sitting.
3. Remember to play--essential to learn how to use the tools
4. Supervisors need to grant time--give play time, formal training, buy books for training--don't ask staff for input if you aren't going to use it--let them innovate.

I missed most of her part, but Gina Millsap, Director at Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public talked first at this session about leading change. I think it was a good session tho, from a administrator's perspective.