Being Mrs. Silverman or

How to be the Library Bean

Dr. Bonnie K. Burman, Dr. H. Dumpty & L. Morrill February 10, 2014

Story in Three Parts

Part I: Who is Mrs. Silverman? (and why should you care) Part II: How to be the Bean (that’s Mrs. Silverman) Part III: Being the Bean (that’s Mrs. Silverman)

Part I

Who is Mrs. Silverman? (and why should you care)

Mrs. Silverman…

The Ring…

WISDOM

KNOWLEDGE

INFORMATION

DATA

Applied

Context

Meaning

Raw

• I had better stop the car.

• The traffic light I am driving towards has turned red.

• South-facing traffic light on corner of Pitt & George Street has turned red.

• Red, 192, 234, 235, 245, 678, v2.0.

http://legoviews.com

“…Mr. Marrison, this is the kind of reporting

that represents journalism.”

--Donna Gooch

Columbus Dispatch Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014

FROM DATA TO WISDOM

My Story…

For the Sake of What am I doing THIS?

No one should make decisions for “old people” without asking them.

-- Bonnie Silverman’s diary 1970

For the Sake of What are you doing THIS?

Let’s Go Cooking to Figure it Out!!!

Featuring…

Carrots Eggs Coffee Beans…

Cooking with Bonnie

Carrot, Egg & Coffee Bean

For the Sake of What are you doing THIS?

So you can be like Mrs. Silverman!!!

Part II

How to be the Bean (that’s Mrs. Silverman)

The Little Engine That Could

Shel Silverstein And The Little Blue Engine

We need a …

Change is Hard

… and now to try to change an organization!

Part III

Being the Bean (that’s Mrs. Silverman)

Step One:

Bonnie & Lincoln Take a Walk: The Play

Scene One: Brisk fall day in Columbus Ohio

Main actors: Bonnie and Lincoln

Scene stealers: 3-year-old boy & his dad

Action: Little boy runs down the driveway and right back up again into the garage, which his dad is cleaning.

Step Two:

Moving from what do you do?

To…what do you DO?

Always ask:

“For the sake of what am I doing this?”

Always answer:

“So that…”

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

INPUTS = DATA

OUTPUTS = INFORMATION

OUTCOMES = KNOWLEDGE

IMPACT = WISDOM

Step Three

…where quality and efficiency converge

Step Four:

Reflecting on the role of the library in our

state system or community

• What are you/we trying to accomplish? (being Mrs. Silverman)

• What changes can you make that will result in improvement? (becoming Mrs. Silverman)

And… • How will you know that a change is

an improvement? (that you have become Mrs. Silverman)

Figuring out…

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

The Ring…

Mrs. Silverman…

As Luci says: “Jump at Every Opportunity…”

(to ask questions)