For me, the problem is that we’re all kind of in the same boat at my library, though we’re all keeping up with different conversations and doing so in different ways. But this means that I don’t know when I’ve learned something that’s new to my colleagues or when what I have to say is old news to them because their networks have been discussing these things, too.

Ironically, it’s the very fact that we’re all engaged that leads me to worry that we may not be able to communicate this kind of thing well.

I was going to say it sounds like they’re not interested in following the conversations you are (excusable if they’re busy following they’re own), and therefore might not be interested/understand anything you would be willing to write-up.

My only frustration with where I work is exactly what greebie has outlined. I have emerged as the techie librarian and can’t convince those around me of the wonders they can experience if they’d just commit to trying something new for a week… Stuff as simple as finding two or three relevant blogs to see how other librarians do stuff.

This reality (in my view) is not unique to librarians though. I’m hearing from all sectors that we can no longer expect a “techy” to bring organizations into the new space whatever it is. Humanists and Technologists cannot be inside their own bubbles anymore, nor can they expect one or two in their organization to be able to keep those bubbles from going off in their own directions.