While the Stephen Abram comments are interesting they are also getting dated. Amazing how quickly things change. Instead of IM I think today he is probably Twittering.
John Blyberg cuts right to the point. Library 2.0 does require a mindset change. The challenge is to get librarians that see their retirement on the just over the horizon to learn a completely new set of skills and terminology. Do they want to stay relevant or do they want to just work out their days? This also applies to any age group that does not view being a librarian as being in a job that requires constant retraining. Being a librarian is way beyond Dewey today. It really is about change and leaving a comfort zone.
Web 2.0 is about collaboration, but there is also responsiblity that goes with that I am not sure is always practiced. We are putting ourselves in a position of trusting people we know and complete strangers with personal information and insight about our lives with postings to You Tube, Linkdin and other social sites.
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