Library 2.0 an interesting concept. From Wikipedia "The key principles of Library 2.0 are not just about access to books and information. It is about innovation, about people, and about community building, enabled through the participation that social computing brings. It achieves this through trust and encouraging users to share ideas through writing, rating, and commenting against everything in the library's collection. It even makes the collection open to developers to use, re-use and improve"
I love this idea of Library 2.0, however I see it more as an "idea" rather than a reality. Libraries spends too much time talking and not enough time doing. Most institutions are not nimble enough to make the changes when necessary and spend to much time in catch up mode.
I think the article that I agree with most, is Rick Andersen "Away from Icebergs"too many times libraries create their own icebergs.
The other problem with Library 2.0 is also the same problem of library 1.0-marketing. We can not get the word out as an industry on what libraries are capable of. So as long we continue to debate what library 2.0 will look like- and not take the leap, we will still be playing catch up.
H.
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