Methods 1 and 2

2.Next, think about what you have read and seen. What are your thoughts regarding Web 2.0 and Library 2.0? What do the terms mean to you? To your library? Or libraries in general?

I think the 2.0 changes will be classified as a highlight of the technology revolution. Before, we were mostly consumers of information online. The 2.0 revolution makes it much easier to create content and that fact makes all the difference. The changes also make it much easier and simpler to collaborate and communicate across the world.

Web 2.0 means anything digital that is created and changed by people. New ideas for the new technology are cropping up everywhere. One person creates a product or idea in 2.0 and collaboration between online users makes it possible to tease out all the potential uses of that new product.

Library 2.0 is a way to harness the potential of web 2.0 and apply it to a library setting. The new technologies lend themselves well to library work. Much of what happens in the library is about communication and collaboration between people. Also, much of the work in a library consists of collecting and organizing and many 2.0 tools are made to do just that. The internet has grown so quickly and so massively in such a short span of time, that it is becoming difficult to find the proper information, but by using 2.0 tools, that information can be harnessed in a more useful way. The 2.0 revolution created more information but it also created more ways to organize the flood.

Libraries can be one of the places web 2.0 technology can grow and expand. It can be a place where the new tools are used to collect and organize information. It can also be a place where people come to understand the new tools and find out how to use them in their own lives. Library systems can also use the tools to communicate the library purpose and to advocate for library use. The ways 2.0 can be used within a library are boundless.