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Hey, Code4Lib! Ellie Collier, Madeline Dale and I will be presenting a preconference titled, “When in Rome: Bringing Silicon Valley Startup Methods to Library Innovation <https://2019.code4lib.org/workshops/When-in-Rome-Bringing-Silicon-Valley-Startup-Methods-to-Library-Innovation>.” We’ve been prepping for this session and are really excited about what we’re bringing! We wanted to share a little more details as we’ve ironed them out to help you make a decision on attending it: - You’ll come with your own challenges to work on, or borrow one of our own. - During the session, we’ll focus on proposing creative solutions to problems and then challenging our assumptions about how those solutions address user needs. - Those assumptions can be tested through the in-workshop production of prototypes – cheap, fast, easy – providing a route to learn and know what will succeed and what won’t before investing significant effort. The content will be applicable for librarians at all levels in the organization – developers, administration, and even single-librarian shops. It’s all about enabling creativity and finding ways to place the right bets on what will work. As a gift, we’ll be providing copies of the book The Startup Way <https://www.worldcat.org/title/startup-way-how-modern-companies-use-entrepreneurial-management-to-transform-culture-and-drive-long-term-growth/oclc/1014006869> to all attendees who register by February 8th – it's a key source for the way we’ve come to innovate. We hope to see *more* successful information in the community, and we believe very much that the concepts presented in our workshop and in this book will help. Thanks for considering coming to our workshop!! - Ellie, Madeline, and Eric (and Mike, who was participating in a paper prototype design session below) [image: FunBuilding.jpeg]