Librarian Entrepreneurs: Demystifying a Professional Oxymoron: Steven J. Bell – Bell’s Presentation – steal this .. Made Video of Question to start off presentation Hand drawn pictures and text Name a Librarian who is an Entrepreneur? .. don’t now Name any Entrepreneur? Gates, Trump .. don’t know Confusion with “resourceful” “innovative” 7 Characteristics of [...]
Competition for Library Services – Dr. Larry Nash White Not only provider May not be best Not First provider (14th in OCLC Survey) We compete with each other (libraries) Staffing: poaching & book publishing Competitors: (Options) Bookstores (Physical and online) Mom & Pop LSSI – outsourcing lib services (public, small academic, special libraries and they do it well) [...]
Meeting an Unmet Need: Extending the Learning Commons Concept Through On Campus Partnerships and Branding – La Loria Konata; GSU Learning Commons Georgia State University (Learning Commons) .. Outreach Efforts Assignment Calculator (widget) Webheat (Univ Minnesota) Campus Collaborations: (Idea .. meet with Student Activities) Office of New Students At Risk Students Program McNair Scholars (Honors [...]
Alibris .. Sell Books Scan ISBN .. populates record and instant website listing. Name Price.Incl. Subject Listing. (50 bks/hr)Pricing toolGenerates Packing SlipMailing included (figure in pricing) Mentioned “Long Tail”Google Books .. reeducated self
Jon Obermeyer: Lunch Speaker – Stacking the Odds for Success: A Six Stage Process to Articulate and Promote Your Entrepreneurial Idea. 2 kinds of EntrepreneurshipLifestyle (small, personal) vs High Growth (corporate) NOTES: Identify a VERY Large problem tht needs to be solved Not necessarily something nobody is doing… some competition good.. just identify weakness and [...]
Entrepreneurs Find Partners – spreads risk Build Teams Use other areas of organizations – i.e. Business school for business plan. Opportunity focused Should be small, simple and practical.. one idea at a time Drucker: Links Entrep and Innovations ———————Risk Some may chastise Libraries for taking risk (risk adverse) .. Libs have been rewarded for being [...]
