I’m about to talk about the logic model @ #SLA2017 in Phoenix. Below are the slides, although there are many excellent books, articles, blog posts, webinars and courses that provide…
Libraries: Rewiring our Thinking
My “must” reading for the past 15 years has been Harvard Business Review. About 6 years ago I added Rotman from University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to the…
Defining New Metrics for Library Success: Slides & Worksheets
Moe Hosseini-Ara and I are talking with the group at the Defining New Metrics for Library Success symposium at the iSchool on May 11th. Here are the slides, and the…
Business Models Work for Libraries Too!
Scott Hargrove, CEO of Fraser Valley Library System, Moe Hosseini-Ara, Director of Culture for the City of Markham and I will talk about 4 models and tools used by corporations…
OLA Poster: Logic Models
Logic Models: A Novel approach to communicating library value This poster was developmed by: Alan Gale & Pam Jacobs; University of Guelph The University of Guelph Library has adopted a…
Another “wth?” Library Policy
I had another “wth?” experience at a public library yesterday. (For those of you who know me well, you know that’d I am much more likely to have said “wtf?” but…
Measuring the Value of Libraries continued…
Alexandra Yarrow is a brilliant young librarian (& incredible athlete, too!). She posted a thoughtful post to her blog, Only Connect, yesterday: (Measuring) The Value of Libraries. I’m reposting my comments…