Reflections on Web 2.0
Dec. 22nd, 2009 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
23thingsBlog your thoughts about Library 2.0, Web 2.0 and libraries of the future.
Libraries of the future (i..e. now) will need to incorporate social networking to survive. Libraries will need to have websites, and they will need to use Web 2.0 technologies to enable users to be interactive with the libraries. This can take a variety of forms from facebook pages to user-generated book reviews to using Twitter or wikis or whatever works with a library's particular community. Libraries will be far more virtual... perhaps even have a place in Second Life... but I don't think they will cease to be physical locations. To me, the physical aspects of libraries are what give libraries their charm and allure. As a librarian, I want to use the wonderful technology we have to enhance the physical presence that is the library and draw people to its location. Web2.0/Library2.0 is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
Libraries of the future (i..e. now) will need to incorporate social networking to survive. Libraries will need to have websites, and they will need to use Web 2.0 technologies to enable users to be interactive with the libraries. This can take a variety of forms from facebook pages to user-generated book reviews to using Twitter or wikis or whatever works with a library's particular community. Libraries will be far more virtual... perhaps even have a place in Second Life... but I don't think they will cease to be physical locations. To me, the physical aspects of libraries are what give libraries their charm and allure. As a librarian, I want to use the wonderful technology we have to enhance the physical presence that is the library and draw people to its location. Web2.0/Library2.0 is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
