Annual Mtg 2009

Opening remarks

Annual RLG Partnership Meeting 2009
What's shaped this meeting?
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Updates
Previews
Talk & Personalize
Network
H1N1
TETs
Orientation
RLG Partnership goal
Research capabilities
Impact 
Venue where we can collaboratively
design future services and programs
 build
focus on shared priorities and concerns
increase operational efficiencies
adapt services to network flows
create and establish future services
In support Research brings 
system-wide outlook
international perspective
evidence-gathering
problem-solving
prototyping 
leadership
engagement
Context
changed user behavior and expectation
redundant, inefficient library operations
increasing emphasis on unique resources
imperative to aggregate: achieve scale,harness network effects

Challenges and risks
TETs
Systemic change
service expectations
financial imperatives
DEFINE FUTURE RESEARCH 
LIBRARY SERVICES:

REVITALIZE OUR 
VALUE PROPOSITION
TRANSFORM OUR CURRENT 
OPERATING PRACTICES AND 
PROCESSES:

IMPLEMENT SYSTEMIC CHANGE
Orienteering
Sessions
Seminar-style
Pack
Privilege
Tough Economic Times
"Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by
that is it's an opportunity to do things that you couldn't
do before."
NOT just remedy
Opportunity:
Reorganize
Restructure
Reinvent

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