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5:31	buffyjhamilton - We are now hearing a story from Steven J. Bell. His website is available at http://www.stevenbell.info/

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buffyjhamilton - Telling story of an area that was clearcut by forests/industrial growth/lumber industry; lumber mills that went of business by 1920. Areas that were once thriving now are lightly populated. When the lumber industry took all the trees they could take, there was nothing left. There was no thought about futureproofing.

5:35	buffyjhamilton - Are libraries futureproof?

5:36	buffyjhamilton - Watching hysterical vintage fitness video.

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buffyjhamilton - earning about futureproofing from Steven J. Bell. #comoga09

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glma - earning about futureproofing from Steven J. Bell. #comoga09

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librarianbyday - Listening to Steven Bell talk about future proofing your library #comoga09

5:36	buffyjhamilton - Now a Dr. Oz clip---representing our fitness obsession.

5:39	buffyjhamilton - There are connections between personal fitness and organizations---discipline, commitment to changing yourself, organization.

5:39	buffyjhamilton - "organizational fitness"

5:42	buffyjhamilton - This year is the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of the Species.

5:42	buffyjhamilton - "survival of fittest"

5:42	buffyjhamilton - http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6585850.html

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buffyjhamilton - Steven is now discussing LJ article/ideas about futureproofing your library from Movers/Shakers: http://bit.ly/UqYRP #comoga09

5:45	buffyjhamilton - Identify problems and solutions in an appropriate way.

5:47	buffyjhamilton - You must look ahead but you can't overplan for the future, either. He is referencing July 1959: http://books.google.com/books?id=KioDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

5:48	buffyjhamilton - Design thinking a way to approach, analyze, and find solutions to problems.

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buffyjhamilton - From the LJ article:
Design Thinking
Adopting new skills and new techniques to our work will help, but I also advocate that library workers need to take a whole new approach to how they identify problems and develop the right solutions. Design thinking is all about being a “problem finder” and then thoughtfully developing, in playfully creative ways and in teams of border-crossing professionals, appropriate solutions. A significant challenge for library workers is keeping up with user expectations. If we fail to provide our users with an experience that meets their expectations, then we lose, and in a hypercompetitive and hyperconsumptive society, that can be the greatest challenge to our long-term viability.
We must use design thinking to create great library experiences for our users, because when people can get their information anywhere, all that can differentiate our libraries is the unique experience we can deliver—but it must be based on personal relationships, it must deliver meaning to the user, and it must be well designed. (Readers can learn more about design thinking and user experience at stevenbell.info/design.)—Steven J. Bell, '02

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librarianbyday - RT @buffyjhamilton: Steven now discussing LJ article/ideas about futureproofing your library from M&S http://bit.ly/UqYRP #comoga09

5:50	buffyjhamilton - Now watching video of Jim Collins, author of How the Mighty Fall: http://www.amazon.com/How-Mighty-Fall-Companies-Never/dp/0977326411/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255038593&sr=8-1

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