Becoming a Lean Library

Jeremy Nelson is a software engineer at Stanford University Libraries with over twenty years’ experience in academic libraries as a librarian and software developer. He is the technical lead for the multiple institutional Blue Core project and was the technical lead for the Sinopia Linked Data Editor, used by librarians and staff from across the world. Nelson is also co-chair for the ai4lam Metadata Working Group and has given multiple presentations at regional, national, and international library and technology conferences on using AI with BIBFRAME Linked Data and with the FOLIO Library Services Platform

• Introduction Organizing library systems: A brief history and overview of typical library systems and technical services Pull vs. Push - Lessons from Lean Manufacturing Build-measure-learn as an OODA Loop: Understanding the lean start-up's build-measure-learn loop and its application to libraries as a learning organization Innovation accounting and Francis Taylor: Gathering feedback on library projects through improved metrics Defining hypotheses and managing complexity: Identify hypotheses in library services and projects to help improve outcomes in complex environments Actionable metrics from patron activity: Using library patron activity to drive decisions Pivoting with technology change: Recognizing and implementing a pivot in library services based on technological changesDevOps as a lean strategy: Explains the DevOps (Development and Operations) approach in corporations as a lean strategy for library systems and technical services