Monday, March 10, 2008

Library 2.0

My immediate impression is that Library 2.0 approaches library resources and access in a manner comparable to the Internet - interactive, evolving, reactive and volatile. As I don't know much about Business 2.0 and Web 2.0, I have to agree with those who point out that this isn't new for librarianship. Constant change, geared to the needs of our clientele, has always been part of what we do, and we're always looking at way to improve the mechanics of the processes and relationships. "Radical trust" does involve looking at the old paradigm in new ways, and ones that the 23 Things exercise is definitely relevant to. While I agree with come critics that this process could get co-opted, rather than realized, as long as the underpinning philosophies are right, I doubt it.

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