1. Unbound! Presented at The South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference George Needham Vice President, Global and Regional Councils October 23, 2014

3. So what binds us? Adapted from Flipping the Switch, by John G. Miller (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006)

4. Exception mentality

5. Expectations

6. Entitlement thinking

7. Experience trap

8. Exclusion

9. So how do we come “unbound? ”

10. By binding ourselves to our communities

11. Take your community’s pulse

12. Communities change

13. Community hopes and fears

14. Listen with an open mind

15. Withhold judgment

16. Lose the blinders

17. Don’t shoot the messenge r

18. Got it! Now what?

19. Apply your library skills to the real needs of your community

20. So what are some the things people are saying?

21. “Help our kids.”

22. Dynamic outreach

23. “If it’s not mobile, it’s not going anywhere!”

24. Digitize unique content

25. “Don’t duplicate stuff.”

26. Leverage unexpected collaborations

27. “We need a sense of community.”

28. Community hub

29. Community memory

31. Let’s continue the conversation George Needham, needhamg@oclc.org, 1-800-848-5878, ext. 5173