Thing #15 - Library 2.0

Like it or not the new digital lifestyle is here....and it's not going away. Shared network spaces will continue to bring more people and collective intelligence together to drive education, research and entertainment. Library 2.0 seems a natural evolution to me as we continue the tansition from issuing printed material to helping customers find information wherever they are. Collaboration in this development on an open programmable web will help libraries, big and small to advance as rapidly as is going to be necessary to continue to be meaningful to our digital age customers. Having said this, I must add that my favorite aspect of a library is the physical nature of the library community where living human beings have a place to go for their own personal discovery and may do so at their own pace.