A presentation for Shawnee Missions School District School Librarians. You’ve watched innovative libraries grow and implement many ideas that you wish you could start in your library. But, you’re not sure where to start, or how to get buy-in, or how to get support. Come to this session for an active and lively discussion on how to find innovative ideas and people, get support, and learn from other libraries’ experiences.

1. Creating
a Culture of
Innovation
in Your Library
&
Community
Heather Braum
Northeast Kansas Library System
SMSD Librarians, February 2012
Sources: http://goo.gl/qhdnv & http://goo.gl/Txklk

2. Disclaimers
Source: http://goo.gl/zNS1N

3. I’m not an expert

4. You are.

5. Images under Creative
Commons license

6. Examples from all
over the profession.

7. What is Innovation?
The dictionary says....

8. something new or different
introduction of new things or
methods
Source: dictionary.com

9. That’s really helpful...
Source: http://goo.gl/KwbgP

10. What do others say?

11. Innovation is....
“Adding value”
“frosting”
“not original intent”
“amaze”
“astonish”
“free to explore, use” develop, question
Special thanks to colleagues who gave definitions

12. Innovation is....
“a twisted idea -- a new approach that you feel
like YOU should have come up with -- that
changes the way a culture thinks or works”
“ignores standards or status quo”
“focuses on form/function in a new way that is
disruptive (in a good way)”
“a twist on a simple concept”
Special thanks to colleagues who gave definitions

13. Another take
Source: http://goo.gl/Ja4ZM

14. “If you’re not doing
something crazy, you’re
doing the wrong
things.”
--Google CEO Larry Page
Source: Wired Magazine, http://goo.gl/qzeTz

15. “Innovation will provide us
with not just delightful
gadgetry but solutions to
our problems and
inspiration for our
dreams.”
--Google CEO Larry Page
Source: Wired Magazine, http://goo.gl/qzeTz

16. Your definitions?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

17. Who can innovate?

18. Innovative
Organizations

19. Apple
Source: www.apple.com

20. Amazon
Source: www.amazon.com

21. Xerox
Source: www.xerox.com

22. Zappos
Source: www.zappos.com

23. Google
Source: www.google.com

24. NASA/JPL
Source: www.nasa.gov & www.jpl.nasa.gov

25. Cheezburger Network
Source: icanhas.cheezburger.com

26. Mozilla Foundation
Source: www.mozilla.org

27. Open Courseware
Source: ocw.mit.edu

28. AnyThink Libraries
Source: www.anythinklibraries.org

29. McAllen Public
Library
Source: www.mcallenlibrary.net

30. Ann Arbor
District Library
Source: www.aadl.org

31. NYPL Labs
Source: menus.nypl.org

32. NCSU Libraries
Source: library.ncsu.edu

33. Kinsley Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/nhZvx

34. Other innovative
organizations?
school library examples?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

35. Innovative Ideas

36. The Internet
Source: http://goo.gl/tJFQD

37. A Free Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/yUxsd

38. Photography &
Perspective
Source: http://goo.gl/5H1A1

39. Memes
textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com &
mckaylaisnotimpressed.tumblr.com

40. iPod
(and its headphones)
Source: http://goo.gl/QQT20

41. Open...
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

42. TED... Ideas worth
spreading
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

43. AIDS & video gamers
Source: http://goo.gl/krbyd

44. Pumpkin Trash bags
Source: http://goo.gl/oPwh3

45. Navajo Code Talkers
Source: http://goo.gl/JlSva

46. News-
Radio Film
papers
Source: http://goo.gl/40gDU Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN Source: http://goo.gl/AA4Cz
Jazz TV Phone
Source: http://goo.gl/77K1t Source: http://goo.gl/0dnt1 Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN
Online Video
Social
Video games Networks
Source: http://goo.gl/u5haI Source: http://goo.gl/XTHzh Source: http://goo.gl/shtj6
Mass Media & Entertainment

47. Zipper Sticky
Poptabs
Notes
Source: http://goo.gl/LAVvo Source: http://goo.gl/wDuX7 Source: http://goo.gl/tD43M
Silicon
Roomba
Valley...
Source: http://goo.gl/875Px Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN
Air Colored
Printing
Plane Plastic Press
Source: http://goo.gl/o8f6i Source: http://goo.gl/QrNpe Source: http://goo.gl/aRYLX
Inventions...

48. Basketball
Source: http://goo.gl/59iSw

49. Unconferences
Source: http://goo.gl/ITyDl

50. MakeShop & Fred Rogers
Photos by Heather

51. Apple Mobile Devices
Source: http://goo.gl/0mTfr

52. Community-built parks:
imagined by the kids
Source: personal photo

53. Innovative
Examples
in Libraries

54. Converting Old into New
Source: http://goo.gl/p4lpf

55. Tech Central @
Cleveland PL
Source: http://goo.gl/sLXps

56. underground library
Minneapolis, MN
Source: http://goo.gl/Txklk

57. Maker Spaces
Source: http://goo.gl/tKQCH

58. Art Gallery
Source: photo courtesy of morrillpubliclibrary on Flickr

59. Bookstore Model
Source: http://goo.gl/O65bM

60. Food & Drink
Source: http://goo.gl/3r2S7

61. Library
Parking Garage
Source: http://goo.gl/4AM5

62. Branding
Source: http://goo.gl/l33jn

63. Jonesboro Library
Marketing
Source: http://goo.gl/EUU4Q

64. Orientation Scavenger Hunt
More info: http://goo.gl/UuAyd
Source: http://goo.gl/LvV15

65. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/DQku
Video spoofs: BYU

66. @IArtLibraries
Library as Incubator
http://goo.gl/1RmSC
Source: http://goo.gl/oxFC8

67. KLOW Project
Source: Library Website Screenshots, 2010-2012

68. Koha
Source: http://goo.gl/aY553

69. Statewide Courier
Service
Source: NEKLS photos

70. Exhibits
Source: Kansas Humanities Council, http://goo.gl/3AqWc

71. Community Education
Source: photos courtesy of Salina Public Library

72. Digital Learning Labs
Source: photo courtesy of juggernautco on Flickr

73. Programming
Source: photo courtesy of Wayne Rhodus

74. Music...
Source: photo courtesy of theunquietlibrary on Flickr

75. Job Help
Source: http://goo.gl/NJ1Cx

76. Legos
at the
Library
Source: http://goo.gl/q3YUZ

77. Language Learning
Source: http://goo.gl/Q8Rse

78. http://goo.gl/NJ1Cx
http://goo.gl/NJ1Cx
Skype an Author
Source: skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com

79. Human Library
Source: http://goo.gl/erkkz

80. Checking out....
(cakepans; bikes; ...)
Source: http://goo.gl/KsCiU

81. AASL Standards

82. Creative Budgets
Source: http://goo.gl/XPzQz

83. Almost no books
Source: http://goo.gl/H7dck

84. Library hours
Source: http://goo.gl/BXLve

85. Book talks
Source: http://goo.gl/UpzNY

86. Vod/Pod/
Screencasting
Source: http://goo.gl/daaeE

87. Displays ideas...
from Pinterest
Source: http://goo.gl/6JJZh

88. Cheap library tips...
again from Pinterest
Source: http://goo.gl/t0vzx

89. Common Core &
Kansas
Source: http://goo.gl/fGwS8

90. Safe Place
Source: http://goo.gl/TXozq

91. Open Ed Resources
Source: http://goo.gl/QkpqM

92. Leadership
Source: http://goo.gl/pJdUy

93. Speed/Blind Dating
Source: Lawrence PL Facebook Page

94. No Dewey
Source: http://goo.gl/5h2wx

95. Technology
Source: http://goo.gl/SoZ1G

96. Communication
Source: http://goo.gl/af7wL

97. Curation
Source: http://goo.gl/9OW5L

98. Horizon Reports
Source: http://goo.gl/mEa2I

99. Teaching :)
Source: http://goo.gl/HJXGS

100. Other innovative ideas?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

101. Pause for questions
Source: http://goo.gl/w2Blc

102. Shared
Qualities of
Innovation

103. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/ncUQd
Jack Andraka

104. Your Observations?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

105. Enthusiasm

106. Personal

107. Curious

108. Tenacious

109. Luck

110. Support

111. Resolute

112. Caring

113. Problem-Solver

114. Partnerships

115. Collaboration

116. Failure isn’t the end
Source: http://goo.gl/oxFC8

117. How do you
begin to innovate?

118. The Five Whys
Source: http://goo.gl/g9yNo & Diana Weaver

119. The Jefferson
Memorial
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

120. Name a problem
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

121. Ask Why
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

122. Get an Answer
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

123. Ask Why about THAT
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

124. Repeat 5 times
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

125. Think like a startup
disruptive ideas (1)
about new processes (1)
reinventing what we do & how we think about it
(1)
“innovation is messy” (3)
innovation must be embedded at all levels (3)
Source: Think like a startup, Brian Mathews, http://goo.gl/uQ1eE

126. Think like a startup
“conditioned for constant change” (4)
“building a platform” (4)
“framework for action” (4)
“culture” (4)
learn from failures (5)
“we don’t ask BIG ENOUGH questions” (8)
Source: Think like a startup, Brian Mathews, http://goo.gl/uQ1eE

127. Ask:
What business
are you in?
Source: Marketing Myopia, Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business Review, 1960

128. Your ideas to
innovate?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

129. Idea Sources

130. Your Colleagues

131. Other Librarians

132. Other Professions

133. Your Community

134. TED
www.ted.com

135. Brian Mathews
http://goo.gl/avZwK

136. The Heart of Innovation
http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs

137. @IArtLibraries
Library as Incubator
http://goo.gl/1RmSC
Source: http://goo.gl/oxFC8

138. A brief PSA
about grants...

139. Quickly, share 3
Innovative Ideas
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

140. Then.....

141. Discussion:
Break up into
small groups of
5-6 people, have a
recorder

142. Spend 10 minutes:
1.Who is your school’s community?
2.What are their needs, their
aspirations, their dreams?
3. How could the library serve its
community better?

143. Discussion:
Rotate groups -- try to
change to a group
with “new” faces,
again, 5-6 people,
have a recorder.

144. Spend 10 minutes:
1.What is an dream YOU have for your
school community?
2. How might you achieve that dream?

145. “Librarians” can
change the world
Source: From the R(squared) conference,

146. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/XEemj
Special thanks to Buffy Hamilton & Helen Blowers for this idea.
“Librarians” can
change the world

147. Another take
Source: http://goo.gl/b3JDj

148. Further Reading
Adapt: why success always starts with failure
(Harford)
Steal like an artist: 10 things nobody told you
about being creative (Kleon)
Where good ideas come from: The natural
history of innovation (Johnson)
The little black book of innovation: how it works;
how to do it (Anthony)
The myth of innovation (Berkun)

149. Further Reading
The art of innovation (Kelley)
Change the culture, change the game (Connors)
The other side of innovation: solving the
execution challenge (Govindarajan)
Taking people with you: the only way to make
BIG things happen (Novak)
In pursuit of elegance (May)

150. Further Reading
Start with why (Sinek)
To sell is human (Pink)
The work of hope (Harwood)
Enchantment: The art of changing hearts, minds
and actions (Kawasaki)

151. Further Reading
Marketing Myopia (Levitt), Harvard Business
Review, 1960
Think like a startup (Mathews), http://goo.gl/
uQ1eE
Fresh copy: how Ursula Burns Reinvented
Xerox: http://goo.gl/ZFZ1m

152. The end....
...radioactive
cat took over
Photos by Heather

153. Contact me
Presentation Information:
www.heatherbraum.info
Contact information:
Email: hbraum@nekls.org
Twitter: @hbraum
http://about.me/hbraum