Presented by Anne Marie Madziak SOLS OLA Super Conference February 2 2012 Value that is not valued is not valuable Rick Anderson writing about the future of Academic libraries ID: 241191
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Building Credibility & Value in the Municipal Environment
Presented by:
Anne Marie Madziak, SOLS
OLA Super Conference
February 2, 2012Slide2
“Value that is not valued is not valuable.”
Rick Anderson (writing about the future of Academic libraries)
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“We empower ourselves by discovering a positive way of being political. The line between positive and negative politics is a tightrope we have to walk.”
Peter Block Slide4
By legislation, library boards are:Slide5
Credibility:
The quality of being believed or trusted; convincingSlide6
Building credibility: Slide7
Sources of Power: Slide8
Sources of Power (cont’d): Slide9
Municipal environment: Slide10
Understanding politics:
“Politics is the realistic process of making decisions and allocating resources in a context of scarcity and divergent interests.”
Bolman
& Deal Slide11
Political Assumptions:Slide12
“In a world of chronic scarcity, diversity and conflict, the nimble manager has to walk a tightrope: developing a direction, building a base of support, and cobbling together working relations with both allies and opponents.”
Bolman
& Deal Slide13
Community focused: Slide14
Enormous pressures Slide15
Value:
Relative worth, merit or importance Slide16
Building VALUE in the municipal environment: Slide17
The last word …
“In
Haldimand
County, we encourage a culture of organizational cooperation. Libraries and municipalities are natural partners. We respect the Board’s legal autonomy, but recognize that we serve the same community and have compatible objectives. Wherever possible – in formulating budgets, in developing policies, or in delivering programs – we work together to provide value-added service to our customers.”
Don Boyle, CAO,
Haldimand
County