#15 - Perspectives on Web 2.0 and the future

I agree with Paul Miller in Web 2.0: Building the New Library that the platform for Web 2.0 keeps getting better "the more people use it." However, lots of people in the community are still not confortable or familiar with a range of tools offered on the net. Tools which would be helpful to a Mr or Mrs Bloggs.

Libraries across the world have already acknowledged the demand for education and learning into Web 2.0 and our knowledge is generated into demonstrations and day-to-day help. I agree with Rick Anderson in Away from the "icebergs" that "We need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need".

We also need to reach out to the part of the community who are already Web 2.0 savvy and start engaging in information sharing or participating. The online forum is simply another gateway to the library and our presence on the net should therefore be very visiable.