One thing that I felt was missing from the articles in 2.0 was the question of scholarly validity and the quality of content that is available. When using 2.0 applications for academic pursuits, it seems a bit dangerous to be promoting a lot of the services when they are not necessarily reputable. In a University setting, amongst others, it is common teachings to avoid taking information from opinion pieces, or 2nd hand information. I agree that having the resources available is helpful, but hte quality of those resources needs to be closely scrutinized.
I also thought some of the articles (particularly the Essence of 2.0) spoke in a overly-idealistic setting, about how this should effect libraries etc. Many of the points listed were not directly related to the 2.0 developments, so I feel that the wanted-result and the method proposed do not directly line up.
A final point is that a lot of the 2.0 could be seen as idealistic. One question I have is are 'older' library techniques really THAT archaic and problematic? Furthermore, is it fair to expect (or possibly require) all people to adapt to 2.0 when they have been able to succeed with traditional methods? There seemed to be a bit of elitism, or the 'us and them' mentality to the articles presented.
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Thanks for your insight and opinions on these articles, I like that you viewed them with a critical eye rather than just accepting their information. I think in terms of web2.0 being reputable you are right when it comes to our organizations gleaning insight from other organizations…ie. Read information with a critical mind. However, I think that web2.0 should not be dismissed as a tool for sharing our organizational information with the public, if of course, that is how they would like to interact with us.
And yes, sometimes those who are really keep about web2.0 lose track of the fact that older methods are still viable and should not be sloughed off as many of our patrons and employees like/ prefer the “older” way.
Jenny.
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