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Electronic Brainstorm: Wild Ideas!A Strategic Planning Bloghttp://bceln.blogspot.com
Heather MorrisonProject Coordinator, BC Electronic Library Network
http://eln.bc.ca
Screencast Presentation. ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All November 3-8, 2006, Austin, Texas
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About British Columbia Electronic Library Network (BC ELN)
• Consortium of 30 post-secondary libraries
• “Together we are stronger” - collaboration a a core value
• BC land mass = Washington + Oregon + California + mountains + ocean / islands & rivers
• Virtual communication a necessity!
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2006 - 2011 BC ELN Strategic Planning Process
• Environmental Scan• Open input - everyone welcome• Appreciative Inquiry Interviews• Directors Meeting: Vision, Strategic Vision
Goals, Bold Steps, Mission, Core Values & Principles
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Electronic Brainstorm: Wild Ideas!
• February 2006• Environment scan (links to key documents)• Open input (posts and comments)• Everyone welcome to participate - staff at all
levels, key stakeholders• Informs Directors Meeting March 2006
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Why a blog?
• Familiarity for the Coordinator!• The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com• Proven as a tool for collaboration through OA (Open Access) Librarian blog http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com
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Software: google blogger, google hosted
• Familiarity, free• Easy to use (participate)• Easy to set up • Local hosting - better, but complex, no staffing• Privacy an issue - USA Patriot Act. Participants
notified, alternative means of providing input available
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Setup
• BC ELN look and feel• Links (environmental scan)• Set up accounts (one per library)• Instructions - for blog, e-mail• Topics so far (Table of Contents)
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Environmental Scan
• Links to documents on key trends on right hand side of blog
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Setting up accounts…
Posted with permission.
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Blogging about blogging…
Posted with permission
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At least one new blog created…
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Posts were practical..
Posted with permission.
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…and philosophical
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A little serious - tried a little humour
Tip: to set the tone, start early!
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Results & Lessons
• Partner libraries loved the blog• Set the tone for a visionary, futuristic Strategic
Plan • 20 posts (topics), 29 comments• Setting up multiple accounts was awkward• Missing element: interpersonal dynamics
(skype next time)?
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Questions? Contact:
Heather MorrisonProject Coordinator, BC Electronic Library [email protected]://eln.bc.ca
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license,
visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San
Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
