Library 2.0 Will Take Us to a New Place

I ended up reading all five articles and I'm glad I did, because I might not have read the last article which was my favorite. I have read a bit in the past about library 2.0 and not understood it very well, but Tom Storey described it very well. Michael Stephens article was great! I even learned a new word: meme. I had to look it up as I didn't know what it meant. Here's a link to Wikipedia's definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme. I liked how he talked about how "this" librarian talks to the patrons who use the library or would like to use the library and gets their input as to how the library could be improved or made better for them. I also appreciated these sentiments: "This librarian does not buy technology for the sake of technology. “Techno-worship” does not exist here. Without a firm foundation in the mission and goals of the institution, new technologies are not implemented for the sake of coolness and status." Right on! Rick Anderson's article Away From the "Icebergs" seemed very arch to me and I don't agree that our libraries are circulating less than before. Maybe at the University of Arizona in Reno but not at our libraries! Chip Nilges article seemed mostly to be tooting OCLC's horn and was very hard to read. Probably because he was talking about many things I don't understand! I enjoyed John Riemer's article with its discussion of meta data and how it can improve our libraries and the success rate of our patrons using the catalog; I completely agree. And so we come to my favorite article Dr. Wendy Schultz's To a Temporary Place in Time... I'm looking forward to her version of library 4.0; especially the comfy chairs and the single malt scotch!