Library 2.0...

is nothing less than a revolution. The times they are a changin... from print collections to a few select electronic database purchases to massive user participation with myspace, Youtube, newsfeeds, every newspaper online..... It's like the whole structure has been turned on it's head. Librarians no longer select what users will read. They make that decision for themselves, Thank you very much. See OCLC newsletter, Nextspace: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm, the article by Rick Anderson is right on target. The "just in case" model for collection management was so true only 12 years ago when I was the reference bibliographer. What questions could this book answer? How many times did I ask myself that? How big our print collection grew under my watchful scrutinizing eye! And I was the only person who knew the collection because I was the one who walked through it daily. Stacks of books. And now, the collection is a million times bigger because it is the entire web. There are no preliminary questions. There are simply responses. I think I like it....

Wikis...

and library applications. I will definitely be making a wiki for library instruction purposes. It seems so much less cumbersome than the Infotree and subject guide -- control issues are a hindrance. I like the idea of putting information up on a page by myself. Perhaps I am behaving like a two year old or or maybe just a grown-up but I like the idea of doing it myself.

Can you imagine the wiki for food management? Please check it out in the fall for Baker Center recipes... or maybe not. OK, I'll try to get the recipe for that butter laden coffee cake.. you know which cake I'm talking about.

De.li.cious or however it is spelled and Technorati

Tagging seems more like mass chaos than organizing. Who let the public lose with marc tags and no instructions? For heaven's sake someone should stop this madness before it spreads anymore. It may be too late. I am not going to add to the horror!

Technorati seems more like the early days of web searching, pulling in everything from everywhere with no filter. I cannot see ever using this except in very rare occasions. I can actually see where Delicious (where the hell do the dots go in this word?) may be useful if I could figure out how to actually pull together a list of items that I want to keep... may be a good way to organize bookmarks. This is not something I can learn in an hour or two.

Rolling with Rollyo --

So here's the catch. I find that I can use a Rollyo searching tool and add it to my google page easier than putting into a blog AND more importantly. I don't want everyone to see my searching proclivities. Say I add Raw Story or Huffpo -- doesn't that just make me a target for those who have different political inclinations? This one will be on my personal google page. Forgive me, Library People. This one is going to remain behind the scenes.