Reflection On: "From Sage on the Stage to Mobile and Engaged: One Community College's Evolution of Library Instruction"

Brown, Deana. (2015). "From Sage on the Stage to Mobile and Engaged: One Community College's Evolution of Library Instruction". Library Technology Reports, 51(7), 21-36.

On a cellular level this is librarianship, which is at the root a problem solving profession. A problem arose, a plan was formulated, adjustments made, and a outcome was reached. Textbook.

Several things stuck out to me about this process that are of note.

First the team made plans to in stages. Within the stages, they had stages. This is critical to achieving goals. Making incremental press is key. And it leads to well tuned adjustments instead of having to readjust whole systems or have massive problems negate work being redone. Stage one was completed in a year, adjustments made over the summer. Stage two and the stage within, were completed in the second
year. By year three, the project was fully ready for roll out without major reworks.

Secondly, they were not afraid to trim excess to better the project. The room that ultimately became the instruction lab, had been a silent study room, but was not being used. Seeing a need for a instruction lab as
more important, this underused room became better used. This is critical. Weeding collections is a part of librarianship, why wouldn't weeding unused ideas? Inside this is the idea of using what you have to spare. Ideas fade (in this case and idea that took up an actual room) and new becomes old, but it does not need to be replaced. It can be reshaped, reformed and reused 

So much of the time libraries fall routine of need, and make do. Because of bureaucracy, blinders cutting off vision, or just the mentality of those involved problems go without repair. They get worse, and spill
over into other problems. But in this case, an issue was identified, a feasible plan for formulated, and the problem was ultimately address.