Feb 14, 2008

Library 2.0

So much written and spoken about this topic - and almost too complex to craft a sensible response in this venue. Aspects like making the "next generation" library catalogue iterations easier for users to discover library resources I see as really positive. Although, unfortunately, not quite "there" yet...

Placement of libraries into Facebook and MySpace I have reservations about - as in are we going to look too "try hard" - the nerdy kid playing at cool. Although after hearing Micheal Geitz's presentation at VALA who would think that 20,000 people would join to defend copyright in Canada - just from a Facebook presence.

As with any "movement" there will be people polarised into simplistic for and against camps, and then there will be the great spectrum of those feeling in between. I'm one of the in-between-ers. It's about scanning the horizon to check what we might want to pick up, and what to leave. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. But it is about being aware of what is happening in the world and talking about the possibilities.

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