RA ponderings

Yesterday's RA meeting at Armidale brought with it its fair share of technical hiccups and travel dramas for some. Various topics of discussion were discovered and Ellen ran through some social tools and their uses for RA which was useful for many. Among the topics of discussion was one on the question of strategic ideas for RA work. Now it stands that those present at the meeting would by necessity petrhaps have the support of their managers and co-workers for their RA work, why else would they have been there if not for that support? But it also stands that there were some present who lacked that support and were only present because the meeting was hosted reasonably nearby and made it viable to attend......
The question was posed - what strategic ideas does anyone have for situations where non-RA library staff (including managers) do not value RA work and regard the efforts undertaken by RA staff as nonessential, especially in light of the Rewarding Reading training which states that providing RA is 'core business' in the provision of public library service: how do RA staff ensure that RA planning becomes part opf the strategic plans of the library?

It's a good question and one which challenged many there as they struggled to accept the difference between adhoc RA and strategic RA. Perhaps we may be able to bring more to a later meeting which will also consider this issue - once we get over the comprehension issue of what makes adhoc RA different to strategically planned RA

Social Media Revolution !?!

A friend posted this to Facebook -
"Social Media Revolution: Is social media a fad?
Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? This video details out social media facts and figures that are hard to ignore. This video is produced by the author of Socialnomics. "