Week 6: #15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

I wanted to comment both on Away from the "icebergs" and Into a new world of librarianship. In Away from the "Icebergs", Anderson acknowledges libraries are on the right path, but there are thre obstacles (icebergs) to avoid. The "just in case" collection becomes more obsolete with all there is on the web and the increasng demand for the web. HCPL is doing an excellent job with iHCPL both for staff and library customers for reliance on user education when the ratio of customers to librairans is 680 to 1. Anderson's third iceberg is "come to us", and how libraries need to bring services to customers, rather than insist they come to us.

I liked Michael Stephens statement on technolust regarding technology and that we embrace the technology for how it meets it users' needs, rather than the coolness aspect.

Library 2.0 means changing the way we meet our customers' needs. Many library customers are more comupter savvy than some library staff and to meet these needs we need be able to provide them the tools to find the information they are seeking. All of Library 2.0 has to do with better meeting our customers' needs. We are doing what libraries have always done, get the library customers what they want and to make it the most accessible. It was reassuring to hear that libraries have for a long time been adhering to Library 2.0 to provide the best service possible with the available tools of the time.

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