#15 Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

I think a lot of the 2.0 stuff is deceptive and assumes there is a giant leap from one concept to another. There has always been change and it is usually a gradual process that ticks along nicely in between obvious milestones - library 1.1, 1.2 etc. Librarians have adapted to change - technology has turned over many times in the library world and we have mostly adapted.

The other side of this is Library 1.0 - are we disenfranchising people who do not want or need technology? Replacing a book with an e-Book may make it available to more people at the same time, but it also restricts those who will use it. A book cannot be in two places at once but it doesn't need instruction, it always looks the same everytime you open it, it doesn't have errors, downtime or a blue screen of death.

While we need to look to the future, we should remind ourselves that some people do not want technology even if it is their right to have access to it. We should keep a touchstone to the past and the present, so that we can help all of our users, not just the ones who want the latest thing.

#14 Technorati

On July 31, 2006, Technorati tracked its 50 millionth blog.

50 million people have more timeto spare than me. I blog therefore I am?