Step # 10 - Web 2.0 and Libraries

Read two or three of the perspectives on Library 2.0 from the list. I read a number of the articles.

Create a blog post about your thoughts on any one of these?
I agree with Michael Stephens about using technology to help our patrons access information - it is the right thing to do. Giving librarians time at work to play, learn and develop these tools is essential.

Rick Anderson and I agree with his statement that "No profession can survive if it throws out its core principles and values overboard in response to every shift in the zeitgeist." Librarians do need to continue to keep up with technology. Yet we must still keep up with print resources, as our usage clearly indicates it is what our patrons still want.


Library 2.0 - It's many things to many people. What does it mean to you?
It means using technology to expand the horizons of staff and reach out to patrons who use these new forms of communication. Information access is increasing, librarians must keep up with all ways to access that information.

I do think that librarians must keep our traditional roles as keepers of good, reliable, up-to-date information. Organizing information is something the Internet has not been able to do yet. Libraries moving in to this area will help with organizing the material for our patrons.