The Wikipedia entry for Library 2.0 contained a few sentences that really stood out to me. They refer to an argument against the project by someone called Walt Crawford. Mr. Crawford believes that Library 2.0 incorrectly places libraries as the appropriate source for users to gather information. Well, if libraries are not the appropriate sources to gather information what is? As library staff we must attempt to meet the growing demands of our patrons who are ( like everyone else) increasingly using technology in their daily lives.
Thus, I absolutely agree with the blog by David Lee King that Library 2.0 is useful in many respects but the most important one may be that we must be able to understand what our patrons are talking about when they approach us for help in using these net-based information systems. It is time we all learned this new "language".
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