Some of Ken’s presentations can also be found on Slideshare.
Navigating your library through the ‘perfect storm.’ Ken is the keynote speaker at the 2012 Academic and Special Libraries (A&SL) Annual Seminar in Dublin (Ireland) on Friday 24th February. The concurrence of hard economic times and technology-driven disruptive forces has created what might be called a ‘perfect storm’ for many organizations, not least libraries. In order to increase the chances of a successful future Ken will explore some analytical and critical approaches and methodologies that he has used to help libraries. This exploration will include innovative ways to looks at strategy and analyse customer needs. It will include a look at the overall context in the wider information environment, how this might change and how it might inform strategy.
Innovation, efficiency & strategy: Ken presented the keynote at the Dawson Day event in Manchester in November
Understanding shared services and the drive for efficiency in sc
hola rly communications. Key spoke at the one day UKSG co nference in London on 16th November. Ken’s presentation looks at the rationale, barriers, kinds of opportunities & services, impact and finally what we should do about shared services and ‘the cloud’
Time for strategy: Ken was the keynote speaker at the 2011 National Acquisitions Group (NAG) conference in Manchester on 7th September. Libraries in all sectors face the challenge of relentless, disruptive, technology-driven change and tough economic times. Libraries are under pressure and there is a risk that decisions are made without an appreciation of their strategic importance. This is a good time then to look at some approaches to strategy, differentiating it from ‘mission’ and looking at business models.
Strategy, business case and open source for libraries. Ken spoke at the PTFS Europe and Loughborough University Dept. of Information science seminar on ‘the evolution of open source library systems‘ at Loughborough on 20th September 2011
Open Library Environments: Ken spoke at the 2011 UKSG conference (4-6 April) in Harrogate
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Open Edge: open source in libraries‘. Edinburgh 25/26 January 2011. A conference supported by SCONUL & JISC. Ken spoke on ‘The OSS landscape in libraries’.
What is Open Source? Why use it and who benefits. Ken delivered the keynote at the UK e-information Group (UKeiG) annual seminar on 16 June 2010.
Disrupting libraries: the potential for new services. Ken spoke at the IFLA Satellite conference in Florence in August and then at the 2009 Charleston conference in November.
His presentation, looked at how the ‘disruptive innovation’ model developed by Clayton Christensen et al applies to the library market and how libraries themselves can use this analysis to develop new ‘disruptive’ products and services.
Return on library investment: Presented at Internet Librarian International, London October 2008. The growth and maturation of the web and its associated technologies have driven changes in business models and user behaviours. It is not clear what role “conventional” libraries will play in a reconfigured information economy. This is a period of disruptive change and libraries need to look carefully at how to get the best return on their technology investment.
How can public libraries compete? What is the competition? How can libraries make best use of their special assets. Presentation to the CILIP Wales conference in 2008.
‘The new ‘Networked Information Economy’: and its impact on university library services. Ken spoke at the 2008 Libraries @Cambridge conference on 10th January 2008.
‘Changing business models…’addressed the impact of new technology 
and business models on copyright and IPR, and in enabling free and low cost commercial ‘library’ services that are competing with established academic library services. Gregynog Colloquium., June 11th-15th 2007.
E-Books and E-Content: Conference at University College London, 8th May 2007. Ken looked at how global free and low cost commercial “library” services will change the business model of libraries. — ‘A very well delivered and engaging presentation with some challenging ideas.…’ John Akeroyd, Chair Ebooks and EContent 2007.
