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Dangerous Ideas - PLA - Presentation

saldrich — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:53:30 CDT

Presentation

Books to Read

A Leader's Guide to Reflective Practice - Judy Brown
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - Carol Tavris
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World from Edison to Google - Nicholas Carr

Ten Dangerous Ideas

Auger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:32:07 CDT

Here are the ten "dangerous ideas" we introduced at the PLA conference --

1. What if we stopped cataloging?
2. What if we participated fully with the FBI in all criminal investigations that involved the use of library resources?
3. What if librarians individually and as a profession promoted, used and helped to develop Wikipedia?
4. What if we accepted open source software as a way of being more in control of the customer experience?
5. What if we embraced our iner geek and created immersive games that prompted cults of library junkies?
6. What if we required all library staff to have expertise using technology?
7. What if mistakes were expected and embraced and all librarians became mistake masters?
8. What if we didn't make decisions based on fear or scarcity?
9. What if we stopped being passive/aggressive?
10. What if we didn't make our customers work so hard?

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Auger — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:41:28 CST