Leadership, Leadership, Strategic Planning Strategic Planning

and Emerging and Emerging TrendsTrends

ILF 2013 Annual ConferenceWednesday, October 23, 2013: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pmDavid M. Peter, Dean of Learning Resources and

TechnologyVincennes University

Leadership, Strategic Planning and Emerging TrendsUnderstanding the changes and shifts in academic libraries presents a challenge for leaders today. We will discuss and explore how an entrepreneurial librarian can plan, and embrace emerging trends. Have you wanted to think outside of the library? This session may be right for you.

Who could benefit?

• Academic librarians• Library directors

Defining termsLeadership, strategic planning, entrepreneurship and trends or innovations

Leadership

• “Leadership is not about WHO you are or WHERE you come from. It’s about WHAT you do” (Kouzes and Posner, 2010, p. 8)• “Simply put – at its most elemental and practical

level – leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves” (Covey, 2004, p. 98).

Strategic planning

• “… strategic planning as a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it” (Bryson, 1995, pp. 4-5)

Entrepreneurship

• “We have seen that the function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally, an untried technological possibility for producing a new commodity or producing an old one in a new way, by opening up a new source of supply of materials or a new outlet for products, by reorganizing an industry and so on” (Schumpeter, 1950, p. 22).

Trends and/or innovations

• “An innovation is an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption” (Rogers, 2003, p. 12).

The trendsImpact of leadership and strategic planning

Mobile or mobility

• Anywhere, anytime, any device• Personal digital or SMART devices• Portable, powerful

Mobile and mobility: leadership• Embrace the shift to mobile leadership, use this as

an opportunity to expand and extend the library – physically and virtually

Mobile and mobility: strategic planning• Aggressively explore adopting more digital assets,

that are accessible through mobile devices

Library as space or place

• Individual and community• Personal and public• Fixed or mobile or virtual

Library as space or place: leadership• This will be the most difficult trend to adopt,

culturally

Library as space or place: strategic planning• Explore alternative space use, makerspace areas

Content personalization

• Find, tag, save, share, reuse• Create and recreate content as well

Content personalization: leadership• This presents an opportunity to promote literacy,

lifelong learning, and, perhaps a greater sense of worth or value.

Content personalization: strategic planning• This would be an opportunity for instruction,

outreach, and a greater use of social media.

Social

• More than space or place• Sense of belonging, connecting

Social: leadership

• This requires active, intentional, deliberate engagement.

Social: strategic planning

• As the need for socialization continues to grow, how are we expanding our use of social media?

Literacy, information and digital• Need to determine what makes information “good”

and “reliable”• Need to use digital technology in a responsible

manner

Literacy, information and digital: leadership• To impact this trend, leadership must be proactive,

and immersive

Literacy, information and digital: strategic planning• This trend can and should be a continual focus for

libraries, and appropriate resources should be available

Final thoughtsRole of leadership and strategic planning

Questions? Contact?

• David Peter, dpeter@vinu.edu• Work telephone: 812-888-5815