Week #6 Thing #15

The Library 2.0 discussions were interesting to me. I think most school teacher-librarians try to respond to changes in information access rather quickly. The power library philosophy in Colorado adopts much of the web 2.0 change as the librarian is utilized all over the building to teach and work with information. I think this quote from School Library Journal and about library 2.0 sums up my philosophy - "Redefining the school library is not a response to some inherent failure on the part of the institution. It’s an opportunity for library professionals to engage in some exciting activities that will enable our institutions to remain effective in the midst of fast-moving technological change. It was school libraries, in fact, that led the way in the first wave that brought computers and then the Internet into our classrooms. This is about adapting, once again, to a new, perhaps even more compelling digital revolution, in which powerful new ideas are enhancing the way in which we function in an electronic information environment." This class is an attempt on my part to understand web 2.0 and to begin to incorporate it into my library. I do agree that the print encyclopedia may have seen better days and that the online encyclopedia are much easier to access for example but it will be a long time before I want to curl up with a good computer monitor on a cold day...