Summit Wrap Up - Open Floor

After the groups gave their summaries the floor was opened for questions and comments.

Someone from group 2 wanted one of their big ideas read verbatim:

Google calls TLA and begs to do the keynote saying, "We're not relevant without you!" and then compromises and settles for a mere breakout session.

There was discussion of a need for improvisation and flexibility.

Quit trying to expect them to learn the way we do things and start thinking about how they want it, what they think they need.

RE: Marketing - people have been saying "We need to sell this." - that's not marketing

Ask them what they want and then provide that - that's marketing.

How do we pull people in? There are all these suggestions about what we think they want - what we need to do is ask them what they want.

Give serious consideration to outcome assessment.

Important to show tangible values to society

Why do people go to Google? because they want to know

If we model on vendors marketing to people who want to know....
they create the excitement then come to us
it's the viagra model
Ebsco and those guys are fabulous at marketing, but they market to us - get them to market to the users.

Distinction between being an advocate and a player
advocates go out and tell you how wonderful they are
players listen
when you're players you're part of the community to really listen
we can be problem solvers

Empowering new librarians and staff to get out there
succession planning, administration looking at who upcoming leaders might be and encourage them to find mentors
we see that as top down, but see it as bottom up
feel empowered to seek out at their organization and in prof organizations

literacy czar - statewide level, someone to guide everything in that way
having all the systems work together