Building the Future by Building Your Staff

Andromeda YeltonWisconsin Trustee WeekNicolet Federated Library System21 August 2014

Staff who code can...

• save you money

• deliver better service

• build the kinds of services they want to deliver

...there’s a catch

where I’m coming from

Examples

“Do you have any Dora

books?”

“The code rescued a rather expensive and unpopular project.”

Matt WeaverWestlake Porter Public Library

Data dashboard

“It enabled us to gather metrics data in 3 seconds where it used to take about an hour and a half.”

John BlybergDarien Public Library

Open source software (and hardware!)

Staff workflow

“...as my department’s then-only regular user of OML scripts, I had several times the cataloging productivity of any other cataloger in that department, even while spending a smaller percentage of my time on cataloging.”

Carrie PrestonOhio University Libraries

Before code:50-100 minutes per week

After code:2 minutes per week

Time saved:1-2 person-weeks per year

What learners need

• projects

• mentors

Learning options

• MOOCs

• O’Reilly books (Safari subscription)?

• bootcamps?

• courses

• local user groups

Learning support

• money (some)

• time (lots)

• collaboration (plenty)

Questions?

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Photo creditsRobot!

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