Week 6 post 15

I have read A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto, Librarianship, and the article on Library 2.0 with great references. This is all new to me. I have not heard of library 2.0 before this. Some new ideas for me and some old ones.

With Library 2.0 library services are constantly updated and reevaluated to best serve library users. This is from Library 2.0. This is an old idea to me. All the Library systems I have worked for in the past (and now) have always worked very hard to be current with technology, resources, etc. Money has always been a problem. And I think money will always be a problem. New technology and resources can be a great expense. And the question is how up-to-date can we(HCPL) go.

The key principles of Library 2.0 are not just about access to books and information. It is about innovation, about people, and about community building, enabled through the participation that social computing brings. This is also from Libraray 2.0. Social Computing is a new term for me. At this time I do not understand this term . I will have to read more about.

What I do understand about Library2.0 is that libraries should be in constant motion. Always looking for the newest resources out in the world. And open to new ways of doing things and servicing the public.