Am I the only one having trouble keeping all of these internet tools straight in my head? They all jumble into one massive keyword search in my head.
But speaking of Library 2.0, does the library really have anything to do with the WWW? Nahhh, most of our patrons have full access to that without coming to the library. It's our books and databases and our amazingly personable service they look for in the library.
But, getting back to Rick Anderson's article about staying "Away from the 'icebergs'" :
I'm not ready to completely give up the "just in case" collection. In some cases books are a heck of a lot easier to use than web-based sources. This is gradually changing, though, as developers struggle to find intuitive interfaces for their electronic resources.
Versatile software is by nature more complicated to use. When you attempt to dumb it down you tend to lose something in efficiency or accuracy. This too is certainly subject to improvement as time goes on.
As we give up the "come to us" model will we be giving up libraries as an institution?
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