Scenario planning for libraries / Joan Giesecke, editor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Giesecke, Joan.

Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.)

Library Administration and Management Association.

Conference Name:

Transforming Libraries: a National Conference and Exhibition on Leadership and Technology in the Information Age (1996 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library planning--United States--Congresses.

Library planning.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 1998.

Summary:

To prepare for the future, library managers have relied on a variety of planning techniques only to discover that they are inadequate and hold little meaning for staff. Now, in a time of uncertain and rapid technology changes, fierce competition for research dollars, and emerging competitors to libraries, traditional planning is simply outdated. You need to look beyond how your library works today and consider a future that is radically different.

In scenario planning, you develop scenarios, or stories, about possible futures. Stories encourage an imaginative, team approach to designing strategies that move the organization forward, no matter what the future holds.

Scenario Planning for Libraries applies this successful model from the business world to the unique library environment by showing you: -- Eight steps to developing scenarios-- How to write plot lines and stories "whose differences make a difference to decision makers"-- How scenario planning can make your library a learning organization

Notes:

"For the Library and Information Technology Association and the Library Administration and Management Association."

Papers originally presented at a conference entitled Transforming Libraries: a National Conference and Exhibition on Leadership and Technology in the Information Age, Oct. 12-16, 1996, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index.

ISBN:

083893482X

OCLC:

38257845