Articles! Rahr! Stuff read for KRL 2.0.
I've been doing the whole 2.0 thing for quite some time. In fact, from before the whole name "web 2.0" got all popular. As a result I'm rather coming at this from a totally different angle, where I already intuitively understand most of the concepts without necessarily having words to put to them.
The Library 2.0 article seems to mostly fit in with what I'd figured 2.0 technology would bring to the library. In particular I am heartened by the statement against proprietary software (I have been a supporter of open source software for many years). There may be a point to the criticism about how the 2.0 ethic is not necessarily new to library operation, but the technology would certainly improve upon and streamline any nascent 2.0 tendancies already extant. (yay big words)
The surge in community involvement experienced by the Ann Arbor District Library through their use of 2.0 shows where these practices and services can take us. Greater access for and responsiveness to the public can only improve service. Of course, it's not a panacea, but interactivity seems to be in high demand, and libraries are no exception.
(I also think it would be super neato to have a KRL podcast or something.)
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I agree wholeheartedly with your thoughts on access, responsiveness and community involvement; and that 2.0 is not a panacea.
One of the things other libraries that have done 2.0 stuff have found is that the bigger challenge is translating the ideas into practice. Finding examples like Ann Arbor really helps in that regard. I think our real challenge is not 2.0, but 2.1 -- how we keep the best of what we are already doing, and make some of these new ideas real as well.
keep thinking about podcasts - what we might do. i hope to see KRL podcasts by early next year.
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