A few of us met to share what we learned at OLA and ideas on what we might be able to apply here:

Library of Things Lightning Talks:  Giveaway boxes – seeing libraries as a cultural center. What people need and what people want along with academic mission  EX: seed library, partner with food pantry; tool lending library.  Issues: staff problem to maintain and lack of space.  Ideas:  do we have to be the keepers?  facilitate where to go to get these types of things? like a libguide?  OR could be have a spinning rack to display but store them elsewhere.
Follow Up???? 

Better connection with public library and Valley library? a think session between the two entities? when they get a new adult services manager we should connect. Getting public library card applications in our library so students can get cards to access resources?
Follow up: Maybe Beth should be the liaison to this new adult services manager? 

“doing more with less” marketing in libraries. what do we want the users to get from the libraries rather then everything that is overwhelming to them.
Follow Up: spotlight feature on website needed, to highlight events/items/info – is this happening? Beth/Uta will ask Mike 

The Edge Tools – assessing & measuring your technology needs and usage; free for basic set; ts for public libraries from Gates foundation but can our land grant mission help us get access?
Follow Up:  brooke/lori will follow up on possibilities of getting access to this 

Other good sessions:

• Curiosity Session – people loved it and would love to see it again. 
• Auto ethnography Session  -telling your own story; approaches to research; your story; gather a wide collection of stories; self assessing reactions to an event, content, etc. emotional intelligence based. Beth still doesn’t quite get this 🙂 
• OR Readers Choice Awards Books  https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/  Ideas: maybe kelly could do book talks like this? How about a poetry slam on 4th floor rotunda once a month/quarter? maybe talk to Marty about book talks for Press Books?  Follow up:  Korey will contact Marty about this idea