What is Library 2.0? I see "Library 2.0" as bringing the library to the user. In the past, the user always had to come to the library to receive services from a certified librarian. This is no longer the case. Thanks to services from the Web 2.0, the library can be brought to the public. Library 2.0 is techology driven. Library's now have such a strong presence on the Internet, an HCPL customer can now live in California and still use our services. We now bring the library into the users home through Chat services, online registration, library blogs, digital media, and other services. Providing users with the ability to look at (although maybe not edit) a library's del.icio.us account allow the user access to librarian approved websites for their information needs.
"Library 2.0" means staying innovative. "Library 2.0" means modifying services according to library users needs. I liked Dr. Wendy Schultz's take on "Library 2.0". She sees libraries of the past as being in communities, where as now, libraries are communities. Library 1.0 was seen as a physical building and a necessary commodity within a community. Library 2.0 is now a virtual world that is user centered. Library 2.0 is not a necessity but instead a place with a product that needs to be marketed to sell.
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