Wednesday, April 15, 2009

DCPL Staff Goes 2.0, Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the Future of Libraries

Like it or not technology is here to stay, regardless of the customers who want the old card catalog back, although I haven't heard that in quite a while. The Internet is no longer "sites and search engines" but an "everything" network: work, education, entertainment and social networking.

The article "Into a New World of Librarianship" by Michael Stephens points out that all library planning should be user-centered. What do your customers need and want? Technology should not be implemented for technology's sake but should meet the needs of the customer. The services technology needs to be "user-friendly." One of the other articles proposed that if the services cannot be used without training - the services need to be fixed. One click information, wouldn't that be great?

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