As the web is hurrying along towards web 3.0, we as librarians are mired in a lust for web 2.0 tools as an end in themselves. Web 2.0 provides a variety of tools, but do they really help us function as librarians? If they really help us connect with our customers, fine, but if the tools aren't helpful, but rather just "techno-lust", we need to say a firm no to them.
I was interested in Wendy Schultz's take on library 2.0 and web 2.0. Everything is evolving; the library will, and the role of the librarian will, too. The library 4.0 will take the library beyond product and service to experience, and include parts of all the library's previous lives. Librarians will be valued because of our skills linking knowledge from a variety of perspectives. The library 4.0 is a library -- a retreat from "technohustle".
And, I was really taken with "Library 2.0 Debased", with its idea of the library as a delicate ecosystem. Technology we use must be beneficial to our users (and us), and it must be transparent, intuitive, and a natural extension of the customer's experience with the library.
Are we helping our library customers with their information needs? Or their recreational needs? Or are we on Facebook just to be on Facebook?
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