This presentation was delivered by Sue Considine at the Mid Hudson Library System Annual meeting in October 2013, and at Edmonton Public Library's Leader-In-Residence program in spring 2014.

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Sue Considine
Mid Hudson Library System Annual Meeting
October 18, 2013
Community
Innovation
TEAM
Possibilities

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FFL Mission and Access
The mission of the Fayetteville Free Library is to provide
free and open access to ideas and information
Our philosophy is to provide free and open access to:
Content * Technology * Spaces * Each other
To help community members transform their own lives.

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Culture of Innovation

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If Not for the Library …
relationships, conversations, culture and community.

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Community Engagement
The communities needs, desires, and
aspirations TODAY inform our planning and
services.
The community drives the library agenda.

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Collaboration, Relationships,
Partnerships

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Vendor
Partnerships
Contemporary,
cost-effective
solutions

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If Not for the library…
The library is a physical space that connects people.

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 Not just keeping
up, but staying
ahead.
Relevant
 Technology is prevalent in our
society.
 Enable patrons to use what “is”,
but also to envision and make
what “isn’t yet.”
 Libraries must shift to
accommodate this change:
create a Culture of Innovation.
 Think outside the box; MAKE A
NEW BOX
 Everybody is an expert at
something.

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Finances/Funding

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“Them that is going,
get in the wagon,
them that ain’t, get
out of the goddamn
way”
- William Faulkner, The Bear

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Team

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Empower Individuals
Value Relationships
Invest in Building Trust Capacity

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead

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Thank you!
Sue Considine
Executive Director
sconsidine@fflib.org
@sconsidine
www.fflib.org