It has been a very busy week. On Thursday I took a look at Technorati. Today I experimented with it, opened an account and added 8 blogs to my favorites. This one should be very useful. I set up the account for professional reading blogs. So #14 is completed.
On to #15. This article was little over my head, I had to look up several terms. It was a great explanation of Web 2.0. This challenge has been very consuming and has been the subject of most of my conversation for several weeks. I really liked Stephen Fry definition that Web 2.0 is more a frame of mind or mindset than a tangible thing. I feel I have grown dramatically in my technological knowledge. The second article Cites and Insights was much more manageable. This article is about the same dilemma public libraries have face through my 30 year career as a librarian, and I'm sure was the dilemma before and will continue to be after my career ends. The essence is a balancing act between the traditional and new. We need to continue to provide what the public uses and expects from libraries and we have to experiment and expand to reach younger or more diverse communities. Libraries are like people. Each has a personality all its own. They grow and change. This is not new. We had a very similar technological leap in the late 70s and early 80s when personal computers were the cutting edge of the future for libraries. It happened again int he 90s with the Internet being introduced to libraries. This is one of the things that has made librarianship so interesting, fun and challenging. I wouldn't have changed any part of the last 30 years.
I really agree with Michael Casey's definition that L2 is a philosophy dependant on three things: willingness to change and try new things, willingness to self evaluate and adapt (my paraphrasing) and willingness to look outside our own worlds for solutions. I'm commenting as I read this article and I'll have to stop at page 9 today. I disagree that L 2.0 is disruptive or a battle, although I'll concede that to some it may be. I see it as change. Change can be difficult, but it's necessary to life. Libraries can not be everything to everyone, no one or thing can be. But we can strive to be something new and exciting to someone who hasn't discovered the joy, fun and love of knowledge that can be found in the library. We can be something new and intriguing to someone who has yet to discover us.
On to #15. This article was little over my head, I had to look up several terms. It was a great explanation of Web 2.0. This challenge has been very consuming and has been the subject of most of my conversation for several weeks. I really liked Stephen Fry definition that Web 2.0 is more a frame of mind or mindset than a tangible thing. I feel I have grown dramatically in my technological knowledge. The second article Cites and Insights was much more manageable. This article is about the same dilemma public libraries have face through my 30 year career as a librarian, and I'm sure was the dilemma before and will continue to be after my career ends. The essence is a balancing act between the traditional and new. We need to continue to provide what the public uses and expects from libraries and we have to experiment and expand to reach younger or more diverse communities. Libraries are like people. Each has a personality all its own. They grow and change. This is not new. We had a very similar technological leap in the late 70s and early 80s when personal computers were the cutting edge of the future for libraries. It happened again int he 90s with the Internet being introduced to libraries. This is one of the things that has made librarianship so interesting, fun and challenging. I wouldn't have changed any part of the last 30 years.
I really agree with Michael Casey's definition that L2 is a philosophy dependant on three things: willingness to change and try new things, willingness to self evaluate and adapt (my paraphrasing) and willingness to look outside our own worlds for solutions. I'm commenting as I read this article and I'll have to stop at page 9 today. I disagree that L 2.0 is disruptive or a battle, although I'll concede that to some it may be. I see it as change. Change can be difficult, but it's necessary to life. Libraries can not be everything to everyone, no one or thing can be. But we can strive to be something new and exciting to someone who hasn't discovered the joy, fun and love of knowledge that can be found in the library. We can be something new and intriguing to someone who has yet to discover us.
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