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Making the profession work for you Broadening horizons, and learning everything that they didn’t teach you in library school. (From the perspective of a “young guy-brarian”) Andrew Finegan
The Journey ACT I ACT II ACT III Gartner’s Hype-Cycle productivity enlightenment inflated expectations disillusionment trigger
ACT I Inflated expectation and disillusionment ,[object Object],[object Object]
Barriers in Melbourne… http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576342039/
Darwin
Frustrations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Revelation ,[object Object],[object Object],http://icanhascheezburger.com
ACT II - Enlightenment
Finding a voice http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotostopend/2265153122/
Australian Idol http://www.australianidol.com.au
Librarian Idol ,[object Object]
The Power of Branding ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],+ LIBRARIAN http://www.tnt.tv/movies/librarian3/ IDOL =
Becoming a “local” Northern Territory News – 15/06/2007
Broadening Horizons
Connecting with the audience ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotostopend/2264374009/
Act III – plateau of productivity The Library Experience http://www.flickr.com/photos/_fabio/2545295581/
Audience Development ,[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/photos/hytok/2919613700/
Finding pleasure in the library ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/photos/darienlibrary/3221923479/
Marketing the library ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonpubliclibrary/491220712/
It’s not about being cool… http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollandhoodie/862752649/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/beebe_library/1434873492/
Don’t fake it. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Libraries should be less like… http://www.flickr.com/photos/21499556@N04/2088789137/
…and more like http://www.flickr.com/photos/tduong/417276690/
Lessons learnt…
Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

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