A presentation for Southwest Kansas Regional Library System's Tech Day. 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
SWKLS Tech Day, February 2013
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. (most) 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. Who can innovate?

17. Innovative
Organizations

18. Apple
Source: www.apple.com

19. Amazon
Source: www.amazon.com

20. Xerox
Source: www.xerox.com

21. Zappos
Source: www.zappos.com

22. Google
Source: www.google.com

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

24. Cheezburger Network
Source: icanhas.cheezburger.com

25. Mozilla Foundation
Source: www.mozilla.org

26. Open Courseware
Source: ocw.mit.edu

27. AnyThink Libraries
Source: www.anythinklibraries.org

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

29. NYPL Labs
Source: menus.nypl.org

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

31. Innovative Ideas

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

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

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

35. Memes
textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com &
mckaylaisnotimpressed.tumblr.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. 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

43. 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...

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

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

46. MakeShop & Fred Rogers
Photos by Heather

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

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

49. Innovative
Examples
in Libraries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

63. Statewide Courier
Service
Source: NEKLS photos

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

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

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

67. Programming
Source: photo courtesy of Wayne Rhodus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

75. Seed Library
Sources: http://goo.gl/uYNF8 & http://goo.gl/F4jdc

76. Library Cats
Source: http://goo.gl/f8kFf

77. Dogs + Kids +
Reading @ the Library
Source: http://www.kclibrary.org/kids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

87. Shared
Qualities of
Innovation

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

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

90. Enthusiasm

91. Personal

92. Curious

93. Tenacious

94. Luck

95. Support

96. Resolute

97. Caring

98. Problem-Solver

99. Partnerships

100. Collaboration

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

102. How do you
begin to innovate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

110. 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

111. 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

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

113. Idea Sources

114. Your Colleagues

115. Other Librarians

116. Other Professions

117. Your Community

118. TED
www.ted.com

119. Pinterest
Source: http://goo.gl/6JJZh

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

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

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

123. A brief PSA
about grants...

124. Questions to think about
1.Who is your library’s community?
2.What are their needs, their
aspirations, their dreams?
3. How could the library serve its
community better?

125. More questions to ponder...
1.What is an dream YOU have for your
school community?
2. How might you achieve that dream?

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

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

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

129. 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)

130. 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)

131. 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)

132. 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

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

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