Tuesday 4th December
Library 2.0 - Fact or Fiction?
DRAFT
Track keynote: A tech forecast: Library 2.0 in the real world
Stephen Abram
In a nutshell, it was a very blunt message to librarians - Web 2.0 exists - “get on board or get out the profession”.
For further information try searching for “here comes another bubble” on YouTube - not sure all the content is copyright cleared so I am not putting a direct link in the blog.
Interesting fact - the reference library in Second Life gets 5,000 visits every night.
Philippa Levy
Web 2.0 and the Information Commons: A Learning and Teaching Perspective
Philippa Levy gave the academic perspective on the new Information Commons building at Sheffield and how important a physical space is to support students.
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Get on board, yes, but in a focused way and not, please, adoption for the sake of adoption. But Web 2.0 can certainly be a useful set of tools for librarians to call on when the need arises (proactively or reactively).
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