6/1/2015 Electronic Brainstorm: Wild Ideas! A Strategic Planning Blog Heather Morrison Project Coordinator, BC Electronic Library Network Screencast Presentation. ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All November 3-8, 2006, Austin, Texas This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

6/1/2015 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! 

6/1/ 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

6/1/2015 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

6/1/2015 Why a blog? Familiarity for the Coordinator! The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics Proven as a tool for collaboration through OA (Open Access) Librarian blog

6/1/2015 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

6/1/2015 Setup BC ELN look and feel Links (environmental scan) Set up accounts (one per library) Instructions - for blog, Topics so far (Table of Contents)

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Environmental Scan Links to documents on key trends on right hand side of blog

6/1/2015 Setting up accounts… Posted with permission.

6/1/2015 Blogging about blogging… Posted with permission

6/1/2015 At least one new blog created…

6/1/2015 Posts were practical.. Posted with permission.

6/1/2015 …and philosophical

6/1/2015 A little serious - tried a little humour Tip: to set the tone, start early!

6/1/2015 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 Morrison Project Coordinator, BC Electronic Library Network This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.