"You Moved My Cheese...Now Your Moving ME?" California Library Association Annual Conference program, 2014. Presented by Betty Waznis and Gina Latas (Chula Vista Public Library), Laura Einstadter (Amador County Library), Jessica Hudson (Contra Costa County Library), and Cynthia Smith (Escondido Public Library). Scheduling and staff assignments may seem routine, but as library budgets shrink and missions change, they're anything but. Do you encounter reluctance, resistance or panic when you introduce new ways to deploy staff? Frontline practitioners share our most common "Top Ten Reasons You Can't Change My Schedule" and "Top Ten Reasons I Could Never Work In...". This humorous powerpoint accompanies lively role playing of common scenarios intended to help you avoid the outcome you may be dreading. See our accompanying blog at http://youmovedmycheese.wordpress.com. Here you'll find specific practical solutions to common scheduling and deployment situations.

1. You Moved My Cheese…
Now You’re Moving Me?!
Betty Waznis
Chula Vista Public Library
Cynthia Smith
Escondido Public Library
Laura Einstadter
Amador County Library
Jessica Hudson
Contra Costa County Library
Gina Latas
Chula Vista Public Library

2. TODAY’S PROGRAM
• TOP 10 REASONS
WHY YOU CAN’T
CHANGE MY…
• REAL LIFE DRAMA
• DISCUSSION
• TOP 10 TIPS
• THE BLOG

3. IT’S NOT EASY TO BE A MANAGER IN THIS ENVIRONMENT

4. WE HAVE TO DISTURB LONGTIME WORK HABITS AND SCHEDULES
THAT HAVE TURNED INTO INFLEXIBLE AND UNCHANGING EXPECTATIONS.

5. We already have too much to do.
I don’t do story time.
Can’t teach an old dog new
tricks.
I’m not a morning person.
New technology scares me.
Kids scare me!
Seniors scare me!
I don’t work nights.
I’m not allowed to do that kind of work.
I have an injury.
I don’t work weekends.
We never did that before.
I’m a cataloger.
I’m a librarian.
I don’t work with unstable people.
Outreach? No, NOT OUTREACH!
Teens scare me!
I hate Tech Services.
I’m not a people person
I hate cataloging.
I can’t drive the freeway at night.
We tried this before; it didn’t
work.
That’s not good for my allergies.
Staff over there don’t like me.
I don’t know how to do that kind of work.
I didn’t learn that in library school.
Shelving makes my back hurt.
The Friends of the Library won’t like this…
This is too hard
I have a master’s degree…
I shouldn’t have to do this.
I can’t work with…

6. Our Top Ten Reasons ….

7. 10 . THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE,
WHEN DOES IT ALL END?

8. 9. I DON’T WANT TO WORK IN
SMALL BRANCH / BIG BRANCH.

9. 8. I’M TOO SHY TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC.

10. 7. I HAVE TOO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES.
NOW, YOU WANT TO ADD MORE?

11. 6. YOU’RE INTERFERING WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE.

12. 5. NEW TECHNOLOGY SCARES ME.

13. 4. YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.
I’M GOING TO THE UNION TO FILE A GRIEVANCE.

14. 3. THAT’S NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION.

15. 2. I LIKE IT WHERE I AM.
I WANT TO KEEP DOING WHAT I’M DOING.

16. 1. YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS.

17. SCENARIO #1: YOU’RE INTERFERING WITH MY SOCIAL LIFE/
I HAVE TOO MANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

18. SCENARIO #2: THAT’S NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION
-- I’M GOING TO THE UNION.

19. SCENARIO #3: YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

20. TOP 10 TIPS
 PLAN AHEAD
 KNOW YOUR FACTS
 CONSULT WITH SOMEONE:
HR/COLLEAGUE/BOSS
 TALK IN PRIVATE
 STAY POSITIVE
 ANTICIPATE REACTIONS
 STAY AWAY FROM ABSOLUTES
 CONSIDER OTHER POINTS OF VIEW
 EMPHASIZE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT/
PILOT PROJECT/TRIAL PERIOD
 INVITE INPUT

21. CHECKOUT OUR BLOG
http://youmovedmycheese.wordpress.com/
• TALENT MANAGEMENT
• STAFF ROTATION
• STAFF CROSS-TRAINING
• SPLIT SCHEDULING
• CENTRALIZED SCHEDULING

22. Special thanks to Lisa Zawadzki, Cranston Public
Library, Rhode Island, for the use of paperback
“library literature” covers