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Gina Millsap is Running for ALA President!

by David Lee King on September 2, 2011

Gina Millsap, my library’s Executive Director, is a candidate for ALA president for 2013-14! Sweet!

Below is a little info about her from the ALA press release. Before that though  … I LOVE working for Gina. She really knows her stuff, she knows technology, and she knows libraries. And I think she’d make a great ALA president that would actually move the organization forward. Then again, I might be a tad bit biased, too :-)

OK … and now for the press release stuff from ALA:

“Millsap is the Chief Executive Officer of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library in Topeka, Kan. She is nationally known for presenting on cutting edge issues, including 21st century librarianship, process improvement, the use of market segmentation to grow and develop library services and the changes necessary for libraries to thrive in the 21st century.

Millsap has been a continuous member of ALA since 1995 serving as the 2009-2010 president of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA). She has served on several committees within LLAMA. She also served on ALA’s Advocacy Coordinating Group, 2007-08 and as chair of the Elizabeth J. Futas Catalyst for Change Award Jury, 2002.

She served as president of the Iowa Library Association (2002) and has held leadership positions in the Kansas Library Association (Secretary 2007-2008), the Missouri Library Association (Secretary 1985-1986), the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce, the Ames (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce, and the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau. From 2004-2009, she participated in the American Bulgarian Library Exchange. She has been a Rotarian for 15 years and a United Way volunteer in both Ames and Topeka. Current community leadership includes serving on the United Way On-Grade Achievement Council and as the co-chair of Heartland Visioning, a community-wide strategic planning process for Topeka and Shawnee County.

Millsap’s honors include Library Journal Mover and Shaker (2007); Zonta Club, Topeka Chapter, honoree for International Women’s Day (2007); and the State of Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award (2000).

She has a B.A. in library science from the University of Missouri (1976), and an M.A. in library science also from the University of Missouri (1977).

“ALA will be relevant to all generations of librarians by making value to its members its top priority,” Millsap said. “The bottom line is – to create a 21st century library we need 21st century librarians.”

Get the rest of the press release, and info about Barbara Stripling (the other candidate) here. To be fair, Barbara sounds great, too …should be a fun election time!

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Coming soon – Using Social Software in Library Marketing: Facebook, Twitter and More (ALA TechSource Workshop)

by David Lee King on November 10, 2010

Some of you might be interested in attending this webinar coming up on December 1 and Decomber 8 (two part series) that Robin Hastings and I are leading.

Here’s the details (and here’s where you can register):

The popularity of social networking software—tools like Twitter, Facebook and blogs—continues to skyrocket, particular among younger populations. For libraries in the 21st century, a presence on these social networking sites is an essential part of library outreach and patron services. In this exclusive event, librarians and social software experts David Lee King and Robin Hastings will teach you about what tools you can use to engage with your patrons and the best practices for using them.

You’ll learn about:

  • Collaboration with libraries and patrons using YouTube, Flickr and Dropbox
  • Marketing your library with Facebook and Twitter
  • 4 things your library must do when signing up for any social media tool (listen, plan, respond, and opening up)
  • Time-savers and tools to use for maximizing your library’s social media reach
About the Instructors

Robin Hastings is the Information Technology Manager for the Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City, Missouri. She manages the library’s network, websites and training classes, as well as social networking projects for the library. Recently, Robin went to England, Jamaica, California, Chicago (twice), St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, giving presentations on Web 2.0, Learning 2.0, Library Mashups, RSS, OpenID and Web 3.0. When she’s not traveling, she spends most of her free time in front of a computer blogging at http://www.rhastings.net or writing articles, a book chapter on mashups in the library and a chapter on using Google Apps in the library, an issue of Library Technology Reports on Collaboration and a book on lifestreaming and microblogging.

David Lee King is the Digital Branch and Services Manager at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans for, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff and has been published in many library-related journals. David was named a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker” for 2008 and recently published his first book, Designing the Digital Experience. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries magazine with Michael Porter and maintains a blog at www.davidleeking.com.

Interested? Go register today!

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COSUGI Conference in March 2010

by David Lee King on December 17, 2009

Sorry – had a hiccup there. In March, I’m speaking at the COSUGI Conference! OK – I asked the same thing…. “what in the world does COSUGI stand for?” It stands for “Customers of Sirsidynix User Group Inc.”

Anyway, I’m giving a keynote and a couple of executive track sessions – on digital experience design and on reaching out to customers through virtual services (this one with MPOW’s Library Director Gina Millsap).

Here’s the blurb for the conference:

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Three action packed days. 100 informative sessions. 1,000 fellow SirsiDynix users.

Join us in warm, sunny Lake Buena Vista, Florida March 3rd, 4th and 5th for the 2010 version of the SirsiDynix COSUGI Executive Track Conference.  This comprehensive three day information and training extravaganza will have you pumped and ready for an outstanding year ahead.  You’ll get the latest news and product developments from SirsiDynix leaders, while industry movers and shakers share their knowledge and insight.

Find out:

* How SirsiDynix develops new product ideas
* How to get the most from your technology investments
* What makes a memorable digital experience for library patrons
* How to use market segmentation studies to get past the guesswork
* How to stay on strategy in tough economic times
* And much more!

You’ll also have the opportunity to socialize and network with your peers, and actually kick back and relax a bit, too.  And don’t miss the gala SirsiDynix shindig on Wednesday night.  Mark your calendar now, start packing your suitcase…and don’t forget the sunscreen.  We look forward to seeing you in Florida!

You don’t want to miss the chance to connect.  For the Full 2010 COSUGI Executive Track Schedule click here.

Register now for COSUGI 2010!

For more information about the entire conference, visit the conference home page.

March 3 – 5 | Walt Disney World Coronado Springs Resort

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Enjoy!

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CIL2009: Friending Libraries – the newest nodes in people’s social networks

by David Lee King on March 30, 2009

Speaker: Lee Rainie

Talking about Twitter …

  • he asked “who’s tweeting this session?”
  • Showing his year in twitter, how people interact with him. Funny stuff

The internet is the asteroid: then and now

  • 2000 – 46% of adults use internet, 5% with broadband at home, 50% own cellphones, 0% connect to internet wirelessly, 10% use the “cloud” – slow, stationary connections built around my computer
  • 2008 – 75% use internet, 57% with broadband at home, 82% use a cell phone, 62% connect wirelessly, 53% use cloud = fast, mobile connections built around outside servers and storage

Ecosystem changes:

  • volume of information grows
  • variety of information increases
  • velocity of info speeds up – more stuff coming at us, stuff we care about – things in “our world”
  • times and places to experience media enlarge – we have our own playlists, can watch media whenever (ie., on the bus, read news on our laptops or cellphones, etc)
  • people’s vigilance for info expands and contracts – we can dig deeper when we want to – ie., health searches. We can get up to speed quickly when we want to.
  • immersive qualities of media are more compelling – and we ain’t seen nothing yet
  • relevance of info improves
  • number of info voices explodes and becomes more findable – he claimed about 1/2 of adults are now content creators
  • voting and ventilating are enabled
  • social networks are more vivid

Behold Homo Connectus:

  • a different species with a different sense of …
  • expectation about access to into
  • place and distance
  • presence with others
  • opportunities to play
  • time use
  • personal efficacy
  • social networking possibilities

New tech-user typology

  • new survey of 3300 adults
  • 39% are motivated by mobility, 61% are tied to stationary media
  • the 39%: being drawn into deeper use thanks to mobile connections, wireless connections prompt them to use the internet more, self expression and networking matters to them
  • the 61%: don’t feel the pull of mobility, might have lots of technology, but it is relatively peripheral in their lives, they have plateaued in internet use, or are on the outskirts of digital life

10 groups – 5 motivated, 5 not so much:

Groups:

1. digital collaborators (8%)

  • use their tech assets to work with and share their creations with others
  • they lead the pack in every dimension of our analysis: assets, actions, attitudes towards tech
  • always-on broaband, etc
  • 56% male
  • ge n x group – median age is 39 (oh yeah!!!)
  • diverse racially
  • 61% college + … pretty well off
  • They are early adapters – people listen to them.
  • libraries can serve them by having a place to jack into the internet. give them a place to collaborate and share. Enlist them in giving you coaching and feedback on the experiments with tech you want to try

2. ambivalent networkers 7% of pop

  • they have folded mobile devices into how they run their social lives
  • they tie in first place
  • they want a break from it once in awhile
  • younger – median age is 29
  • funky facts – 30% are students, 34% are NOT email users, 83% are cell texters
  • Libraries can serve them by being a sanctuary, and a place where they can go offline. offer a gaming haven, help them figure out the new etiquette of online social networks, help them navigate info overload

3. Media Movers 7%

  • very social group
  • they move media – find, create an info nugget, and pass it on
  • love their cameras
  • 34 is median age, 56% male, well-off
  • Libraries: help them find outlets for sharing their creations, help navigate to material they can pass on to others, info sharing is a social currency – show them how to do it and support it

4. roving nodes 9%

  • active managers of their social and work lives using their mobiel device
  • 56% female, late 30s, well off, educated
  • 100% have cell phone, heavy internet use at home and work
  • librarie: help them be efficient, give them access to tech to they can check in, more efficient parents, teach them about using the cloud apps (calendaring, social bookmarking, etc)

5. Mobile newbies (85)

  • really liek their cell phones
  • they are new converts – getting a cell phone was like a conversion experience for them
  • 55% female, median age 50, slightly less educated and lower income, weighted to minorities a bit
  • libraries: coach, mentor, give them how-to material. offer tech access and support, offer pathways to the wonders of the web – they’re just getting their feet wet and don’t know about the useful and fun stuff they can find online

6.Desktop veterans 13%

  • older veteran online users, use it at work
  • happily connected and stationary.
  • Their cell phone is for making phoncalls
  • 55% male, 46 is median age
  • libraries: offer them access, good connections, they are self-sufficient and don’t need alot of handholding

7. drifting surfers

  • female 56%, 42 median age
  • not into it so much – their husbands and kids use the net more than them and will help them find stuff
  • libraries: don’t force tech on them, your traditional services are what appeals to them, etc

8. information encumbered

  • male 67%, early 50s
  • they feel overloaded, it feels like a burden
  • libraries: sympathize with them, help them navigate, don’t force tech on them, be their filters for information

9. tech indifferent 10%

  • 55% female
  • they can take it or leave it
  • 59 median age
  • libraries: basic tutorials, libraries might be their only access to tech

10. off the network (14%)

  • they don’t have access to the internet, no cell phones
  • they love their old stuff – their landlines, their TVs
  • 57% female, oldest – 67 is median age
  • they tried internet, didn’t work out for them
  • libraries: the traditional stuff, computer 101 classes

5 things when friending libraries:

  1. pathways to problem solving info. we’re the aggregator to our communities
  2. pathways to personal enrichment – we enhance people’s lives
  3. pathways to entertainment in new ways
  4. pathways to new kinds of social networks built around people, media and institutions – ie., you can friend an institution and a media outlet
  5. pathways to the wisdom of crowds, so you fill your own future here…

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Congrats to the 2009 Movers & Shakers!

by David Lee King on March 16, 2009

Just saw the 2009 list of Library Journal Movers & Shakers. Can I just say there are a LOT of very awesome people in that list this year! FYI – check out Bobbi Newman’s list - it’s handy.

Also, there are lots of cool people I know in that list, including Michael, Sarah, Chad, Eric, Jaap, Geert, Karen, Jason, Joe, Lauren, Lori, Jenica, etc, etc etc – awesome (if I forgot you, please kick me later – I’m tired!). Congratulations to every single Mover & Shaker – each of you has earned this – way to go!

And an interesting aside – Bobbi’s list links both to the LJ write-ups on each person, and to their blogs if they have one. Did you notice? There are more bloggers than non-bloggers in the list. Just sayin.

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