I'm less interested in the types of technology that are being introduced and more interested in our reaction to the changes. Learning 2.0 is a good example of what I'm referring to. You can choose not to do anything with technology (you can choose not to participate in this training opportunity!)--I have no doubt about that. You can even work in a library and not keep up--do the bare minimum without really pushing yourself to explore. I mentioned Tennant's column in an earlier post in which he describes his own mission to explore what's out there. He admits he won't use everything, but at least he's tried.
I can sum up my idea of the future and where librarians will be by pasting in a comment Tennant made when he visited Google headquarters where librarians were invited to discuss the future of bibliographic control:
The meeting was held in a room that had recreational equipment (ping pong anyone?) and a kitchen area. Google staffers constantly walked around the perimeter, making espresso and talking to colleagues or on their cell phones. “You may be discussing your future,” Google seemed to say, “but we couldn't care less. You will have very little or nothing to do with the future we envision.” If we can't get our bibliographic act together, and make bibliographic control easy and effective without being overly painful for too little return, Google may, unfortunately, be right. (Bibliographic Control Future, Library Journal. 4.15.2007)
web 2.0, library 2.0--did we ever embrace (web and library) 1.0?
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