http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4004
This link is to an interesting discussion, comparing (or not) Web 2.0 with Darth Vader.
What strikes me is that the conversations are not new; merely about new technological developments. I am old enough to remember the world pre-Internet, and the hype that it was regarded in the beginning. I recall that the president of IBM predicted that there would only ever be about six computers required in the world.
Penny Carnaby, Director-General of the National Library of New Zealand, and a former University Librarian, wrote a challenging paper for the 2006 IFLA Conference on Networking Cultural Heritage. The link is below:
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/146e-Baba.pdf
In the question time after her presentation, she remarked that ordinary members of the community have a valid right to create 'cultural heritage', via blogs and wikis and the like, and charged librarians to think of the value of information in a much broader context than we do now.
As I type, I recall the medieval monastry libraries with the chained books, which didn't admit women who were not proper scholars. The debate about Web 2.0 is somewhat analogous, don't you think?
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Hello Sue,
As one of your staff I thought I would leave you your first comment!
How do people use blogs?
Visit mine - I have several - just click on the ScoG Blog to go to my profile and then to my blogs - to see how I use them. I also have a myspace account at www.myspace.com/psychefreak
How do people find Blogs?
By googling (not a cricket term!) or searching blog host sites for people with similar interests.
You will find on MySpace that there are a large number of library staff with profiles there.
Happy hunting!
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