Thing #15

As I watched the video, I was struck with how much our high schools and universities are changing. Students do not want to take classes that they feel are not useful to them. They are looking for relevancy and how they can use what they learn in their daily lives. Textbooks that will never be opened and instructors lecturing at the front of the class will become a thing of the past. How learners access information is changing and Library 2.0 will adapt to that change. As Rick Anderson said in his article, "Away from the "icebergs," it no longer makes sense to build a collection of material that anticipates every user's need and expect people to come to the library when they need information. They already have access to everything. Therefore, Library 2.0 will need to bring services to their patrons--integrating services into their users' lives.
"In the article, "Into a new world of librarianship," Michael Stephens made a good point when he said that Librarian 2.0 should help users become their own programming directors for all the content available to them. They should also control techno lust and not just purchase new technology for the sake of having it--but instead ask the question how does it meet users' needs in a new or improved way.