Assignment #15-Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

I finally got around to this assignment. I got to admit at first I was reading some of the perspectives and they were a little zzzzzzz... ha ha! So I kind of dreaded coming back to this assignment but since I wanted to do them in order so here I am. I went on and read some others instead that kept my attention.
The most interesting one to me was the OCLC Next Space Newsletter – Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries? Tom Storey-stated in it "In Web 2.0, the Web becomes the center of a new digital lifestyle that changes our culture and touches every aspect of our lives. The Web moves from simply being sites and search engines to a shared network space that drives work, research, education, entertainment and social activities—essentially everything people do. You and your mobile and nonmobile devices—PDA, MP3, laptop, cell phone, camera, PC, TV, etc.—are always online, connected to one another and to the Web." In Library 2.0 its basically the same concept only how it relates to library services. I can't say how a Librarian feels about all of this, since I am not a Librarian but from a "Techy" view I think that this exactly where the Web and the Library is headed. A few years ago I got a CD called "The Library of the Future". It was basically a CD with Hundreds of pieces of literature. I mean everything you could think of was on there. It was mostly the classics. However at the time you could see that maybe that was the future of Libraries. However with the boom of the Internet and with so many ways that you can easily access it this changed. Now the future of the libraries is a total integration of the Internet into our services. Yes Libraries have be caught in the WEB. ;)
Library 2.os concepts are already in use in Queens Library. From our OPACs, to our website, to My Account.
As much as some people may hate technology (not me of course I LOVE it ;) ) the reality is that Technology and the Web IS the future and it is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. As such Libraries HAVE TO adapt to it or else find themselves a thing of the past.