You Want to What Now?
Getting Buy-In for
Your 2.0 Projects
Amanda Etches-Johnson

We’ve heard some
great ideas...

“Be the change you
wish to see in the world”

Right now is a good time to
“be the change”
• The Library 2.0 conversation is
everywhere!
• “radical trust”, “the transparent library”
• The technologies are easy to
implement & use chan
ge
agen
t

...but
being the
lone ranger
change-agent
is hard!

Strategies for
getting buy-in

The technologies are
easy, but...
• don’t implement them
because they’re easy!
• What problem are you
trying to solve? Match the
tool to the problem.

Don’t be Technolust Guy
(or girl)
All the cool kids have one!

Staff involvement? Nimbleness?
Here’s a tightrope, walk it!

You have to try it to like it.

Stingrays!
You have to try it to like it.

Assemble an Emerging Tech Group

Some advice on setting up
an Emerging Tech Group
• Define your mission
• Keep it small
• Keep it positive
• Include I.T.
• Use the tools!

The Learning 2.0
Phenomenon
• Helene Blowers @ PLCMC
• “23 Things”
• Participation, exploration, play!

http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/

Learning 2.0 @ Mac
• 82 enrolled, 68 completed
• Explored the tools,
completed the activities,
played!

http://macetg.wordpress.com

Why Learning 2.0?
• Staff involvement
• 2.0 competencies
• Raising champions!
• Resistance is futile! (kidding! sort of...)

Decisions made, lessons learned
• It takes a village...
• Build in lots of time for exploration & catch-up
• There’s no perfect time (in an academic library)
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Take different learning styles into account
• Find a content balance
• Incentives provide...incentive!

Questions?

Thanks!
http://academiclibrary2point0.pbwiki.com
http://blogwithoutalibrary.net
email + MSN: amanda@etches-johnson.com
AIM: torontolibrarian

Images used in this presentation
• http://flickr.com/photos/jaysk/345304789/ (silhouette thumbs up)
• http://flickr.com/photos/veo/466614821/ - (banging head against wall)
• http://flickr.com/photos/fuelyouth/174167599/ (thumbs up)
• http://flickr.com/photos/kurtisweltikol/376142814/ (easy button)
• http://flickr.com/photos/chrisheuer/352270858/ - (iPhone technolust guy)
• http://flickr.com/photos/schoppik/137915309/ - (walking the tightrope)
• http://flickr.com/photos/docjelly/21547280/ - (Stingray City)
• http://flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/1732302968/in/photostream/ (laptop circle)
• http://flickr.com/photos/hblowers/257450776/in/set-72157594308356357/ - Learning 2.0 tattoo
• http://flickr.com/photos/whartz/518661498/ (DDR girl)
• http://flickr.com/photos/hblowers/257442500/in/set-72157594308356357/ (Learning 2.0 graffiti)
• http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/ (question Mark cufflinks)