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The Impact of the
    Agile Information
      Professional
Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University
School of Library and Information Science
Baton Rouge, LA, USA mmck@lsu.edu


           NVB 100: Utrecht
          15 November 2012
Louisiana
The shape of Texas
         in a bar in the
Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas)Airport
Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River
129 kilometers up river from New Orleans
Information Professionals:

     Doing better
  What we have always
       done well
What have we always
      done well?
Information Services
People


Systems and Sources



         Information
Agile information
    services
 have impact!
Are our services
  client-centered
         or
library-centered?
Are our services
  proactive or
   reactive?
Information Literacy
Know you need to know something


 Know how to use systems to find
 sources



    Know what to do with the
    sources – how to evaluate
    them for your need.
Agile Information
      Professionals

Love their work

Are appreciated

Keep green and growing
Rigid Information
       Professionals

Are frustrated

Are not appreciated

Are far behind today’s
  clients and sources
We can be RIGID when
    we are dead –

  Until then let’s be
        AGILE
How can you really make an

        IMPACT?
Know
Show
 Tell
All library and information services
      support a larger institution.




     “Spanish Moss” and Live Oak Tree
Agile Information
   Professionals:

   Doing better
What we have always
     done well
The Impact of the
    Agile Information
      Professional
Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University
School of Library and Information Science
Baton Rouge, LA, USA mmck@lsu.edu


           NVB 100: Utrecht
          15 November 2012

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Michelynn McKnight - The impact of the agile information professional

  • 1. The Impact of the Agile Information Professional Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP Associate Professor Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science Baton Rouge, LA, USA mmck@lsu.edu NVB 100: Utrecht 15 November 2012
  • 3. The shape of Texas in a bar in the Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas)Airport
  • 4. Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River 129 kilometers up river from New Orleans
  • 5. Information Professionals: Doing better What we have always done well
  • 6. What have we always done well? Information Services
  • 8. Agile information services have impact!
  • 9. Are our services client-centered or library-centered?
  • 10. Are our services proactive or reactive?
  • 12. Know you need to know something Know how to use systems to find sources Know what to do with the sources – how to evaluate them for your need.
  • 13. Agile Information Professionals Love their work Are appreciated Keep green and growing
  • 14. Rigid Information Professionals Are frustrated Are not appreciated Are far behind today’s clients and sources
  • 15. We can be RIGID when we are dead – Until then let’s be AGILE
  • 16. How can you really make an IMPACT?
  • 18. All library and information services support a larger institution. “Spanish Moss” and Live Oak Tree
  • 19. Agile Information Professionals: Doing better What we have always done well
  • 20. The Impact of the Agile Information Professional Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP Associate Professor Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science Baton Rouge, LA, USA mmck@lsu.edu NVB 100: Utrecht 15 November 2012