I needed to know some background to understand where information services could possibly be heading and found reading Tim O'Reillys 'What is Web' 2.0 very informative. The discussions about where we are heading start to resonate as possibilities for the future after exposure to new concepts and tools during this learning programme. I certainly don't think libraries will change quickly as we need to absorb new ideas and ways of interacting with technology and users of libraries. I do believe that we need to be able to deliver relevant content to users wherever they are and that our role in cyberspace may be as avatars or "super-librarians" helping negotiate the web. As Dr Wendy Schultz stated "libraries will still need experienced tour guides" in referring to packaging and promoting web 2.0.
Obviously we will need to be technologically savvy to keep our jobs or die out like the dinosaurs. Lucky for me I don't think I'll see books disappear in my lifetime.
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