Comments on: How To See The Library With Fresh Eyes

By: New Job Title: Innovation Catalyst Librarian | Information Tyrannosaur

New Job Title: Innovation Catalyst Librarian | Information Tyrannosaur — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:47:09 +0000

[...] Librarians are awesome, but they’re not always the best people to talk to if you want fresh, future oriented perspectives. That’s not to say that librarians are stuck in the past, for the most part we’re not. But being professionals we bring a certain perspective and it becomes hard to see through different lenses. The most important people you can talk to are members of your learning community. Talk regularly to students and faculty, not about the library but about their needs and what they feel success looks like. Attend faculty senate meetings and student advisory boards. Create opportunities to talk with and better understand your users and see the world with fresh eyes. [...]

By: What's Broken At The Library? | Information Tyrannosaur

What's Broken At The Library? | Information Tyrannosaur — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:44:11 +0000

[...] be constrained by the past. Try to see the library with fresh eyes. Take a look around your library and ask yourself what’s broken? You might be surprised at [...]

By: 5 Thoughts about the Applecart: #3 – Assessment and Evaluation « Speaking of Information

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:18:53 +0000

[...] asking? I love the recent blog post by Andy Burkhardt (Information Tyrannosaur) about librarians seeing the library with fresh eyes. Sometimes we need to remove ourselves from our everyday role and see what we do from a library [...]