Challenge # 15--LIBRARY 2.0 & WEB 2.0

Reading the 5 perspectives of this OCLC Next Space newsletter came at the perfect point in this set of Learning 2.0 challenges. I have learned so much already, and can see the value of what we are doing throughout these exercises. They seem to me to be designed to stretch our minds around new concepts, to allow us to conceive of the future and of what place libraries will have there. Using baby steps to veer our mindset away from various "icebergs" and into the world of the Librarian 2.0 won't be easy, but participating in this project is certainly challenging and informative. It makes me want to embrace the "Library 2.0" concept, but more importantly, it makes me realized just how advanced our own Library system already is. We are fortunate to have a leader who is a confident trendspotter that involves his staff and his community in planning for the future, insuring that we won't be left behind. If we choose to protest the technological changes that are being implemented, we are simply choosing extinction.