Thing 5 - Share your thoughts with a friend

Web 1.0 was a passive, surfing based environment. Web 2.0 is a user-driven, participatory and personalized environment where people create, edit, search, evaluate, organize and share information ---- with or without the involvement of libraries and librarians. There is general agreement in our profession that Library 2.0 is a response to Web 2.0.


There are many ideas that link Web 2.0 and Library 2.0; two core ideas are trust and open conversations. Start a conversation about either Web 2.0 or Library 2.0.

Before you get started, here's one thought on the differences between Library 1.0 and Library 2.0:



Library 1.0

Asking customers what they want and then responding with what we think are appropriate services and resources.

Library 2.0

Providing customers and staff with interactive communication tools (such as blogs or wikis) to continually shape library services and resource development collaboratively.




Discovery Resources

• Web 2.0 - Wikipedia article


• What is Web 2.0 - YouTube video


• What is Web 2.0 really - article by Tim O'Reilly


• Web 2.0: an intro in 5 minutes - YouTube video


• Librarian 2.0 Manifesto - YouTube Video


• Library 2.0 Service for the next generation - Library Journal Article


• Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries by Jack Maness, Webology, 6/29/2006
  

Discovery Exercise

1. Read or watch at least two of the Discovery Resources listed above.


2. Remember those thoughts that you saved down for Thing 4? Use them to start a conversation with a friend, a co-worker or your supervisor.


3. Do you still feel the same? If you need to, rework your ideas and write them down AND save them for your Web 2.0 or Library 2.0 blog post in Thing 7.

Wow! You have two blog posts written before you even have a personal blog started. Get ready to share your thoughts with the world! Next week, you'll be blogging.