lib2.0

salam!

i read the wiki page on library 2.0. before, i vaguely knew what library 2.0 meant. now, i vaguely know what library 2.0 means.

hmmm.

basically, what i get from it is that library 2.0 is kind of a new way that libraries are using to stay afloat and not fade into the background of yesterday. libraries don't want to be irrelevant amidst all the exciting technology that's out there today. how they're doing it, i'm not too sure. but it seems to me that libraries are starting to get into some of these social sites to try to reach out to their audience...i guess what i want to say is that libraries are going to where the people are; people are not going to where the libraries are.

is this a good idea? definitely. although it would be kind of weird seeing a public library with a facebook page, it would mean that that library is striving to be a competent institution in society. and that's a must if libraries don't want to slowly die out because every single book is available on google books now and nobody needs to walk into a library anymore......

ndawa
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