Hello everyone. I first must apologize for not blogging before now. I meant to right after the planning meeting but life got in the way of my best intentions. Actually we had a flood (water pipe broke) at the main branch of the Hall County Library System where I work on Thursday, Jun 21. We did not reopen until Wednesday Jun 26. I am exhausted. I am also proud to be a part of such a great team. Everyone banded together to put the library back together after dismantling a lot of the adult non-fiction section and the children's department. Needless to say I have been busy.
I did want to comment on the Strategic Planning Committee meeting held on June 20. I found the whole process fascinating and illuminating. After receiving reports from the various groups represented in the Committee we had a vision time. We were asked to think outside the box and envision Georgia libraries as they could be without budget, building, techonological or transportation constraints. It was truly a work of fiction. However like any good book it was satisfying, thought provoking and worthy of conversation. After we brain-stormed and came up with some very clever and worthwhile suggestions we were then challenged to think of ways to implement some of them into our plan at the September meeting.
The whole process was not only enlightening but also exciting. Can we build Georgia libraries the way we envisioned they could be? Only time will tell. Until next time, keep dry and make sure your water fountain pipes are solid otherwise you too could be moving books from shelves to boxes and back to shelves again.
Leslie James
1 comment:
Leslie--my sympathies! Glad all got resolved in a satisfactory manner, though--and you probably would've had to pay a facilitator big bucks to design such an effective teambuilding exercise, eh?
Thanks so much for your comments. Keep posting as thoughts arise...
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