Juanita Richardson’s quotes of the day:
Kim McArthur:
“Following on what Dan Pink told us about right-brain thinkers last night, consider this: there are 240 Master of Fine Arts in Writing programmes now in North America — 20 years ago, there were 3! Great news for publishers — and for libraries!”
MJ D’Elia “Connections not categories”:
“Ontology is nearing the end of its useful life…LC classification exists not because concepts require hierarchecal placement but because books do.”
Steve Uzzell “Creative problem solving”:
“If you don’t visualize the solution, you will never see the path.”
“Ask yourself: 1) Is it the right time? 2) Is it the right place? 3) Am ***I*** in the right place?”
“Don’t focus on the near term, go for the wide shot.”
Stephen Abram “Real measures for libraries”:
Finding from the NDP study being conducted by SIRSI: “What do the patrons of our public libraries value?: Community, learning, quality, efficiency, money.”
So what should our objective be? “Empower your client to thrive — our success is dependent upon their success.”