Synergy General Session Video Excerpt

Tom Hogan: How do you deal with the different learning and searching styles or techniques used by our colleagues who are under 35, or 25 for that matter? On the one hand, it seems we could learn a lot from them. On the other hand, we need to figure out how to leverage and pass on the knowledge and wisdom of those who soon may be retiring.

Eugenie Prime: Well, just imagine you're working as a team. If you're working as a team, there are a lot of things that don't matter. And the age difference doesn't matter. If we have a common vision, a common goal that we're working towards, and we understand that each of us brings a certain dimension, a certain perspective, that in its differences sometimes lies the greatest value; and we have an openness, which I think is very critical in the library profession, an openness and curiosity that allows us to learn from each other, then a generation gap shouldn't be an issue. Just like any other gap should not be an issue. We have a common goal, a common vision, that we're moving towards, and we bring value in a different perspective. And we learn from each other, we gain from each other.

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[Jane Dysart]

Great clip, Von! Thanks for capturing.