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The Special Projects Library Action Team (SPLAT) helps all of Idaho's libraries by collaborating and sharing innovations, trends and ideas. Learn more about SPLAT's benefits and how to start your own team of innovative representatives.
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Amy Vecchione & Memo CordovaBoise State University
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Collaborate to Succeed: Implementing New
Reference Services with SPLAT
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• Futures conference
(2005)
• Relevance
• Think Tanks
• SPLAT inception
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Acting in the crow's nest capacity to:
• search for innovation
• propose experiments
• lead pilot projects
• discover new opportunities
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Who makes SPLAT?
• Leaders everywhere
• A passion for libraries
• Flexibility: ideas &
implementation
• “many mistakes quickly”
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SPLAT MEMBERS:
• Build
• Share
• Use
• Work
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How does SPLAT work?
• Think dangerously
• Experiment
• Come together to vet ideas
• Implement
• Teach
• “many mistakes quickly”
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SPLAT’s Reach
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Changing policies
New reference services
Personal learning
Tools to increase workflow
Feeling confident
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SPLAT members helped me learn new tools and technologies
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I have integrated some tools I’ve learned from SPLAT into our library
services
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Services or policies changed at my library because of SPLAT
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SPLAT helps me stay current
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Make Your Own
Consider the scope and region
Start grassroots and push up
Use DIY mentality
Find like minded individuals
Be a leader
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Unique in scale and breadth
Action based
Collaboration
Engages users at all levels
Encourages experimentation
Failure is welcome
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