Check out this fantastic slideshare from one of the Internet Librarian 2010 presenters. It has tons of great info and lots of visuals.
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1. Think about your scope: statewide? library wide? city wide?
2. Find like minded individuals and get together with them
3. Use systems thinking to solve deeper issues - don't wipe up the leak, fix the thing that caused the leak
4. Look out for new trends and vet them for library use
5. Get a group together that
I will be heading to Internet Librarian next week!! I will be presenting with Memo Cordova on SPLAT as a model for libraries, states, counties or regions.
SPLAT is a statewide collaborative that seeks innovation and trends in libraries, vets these
Participants in the SPLAT Unconference at ILA have some "cool sites" to share. EVERYONE -- unconferencer or not -- is welcome to participate! Just list your favorite cool site by entering a "Comment" to this post!