I read the first two articles: Michael Stephens "Into a new world of librarianship" and Rick Anderson's "Away from the 'icebergs'" from the OCLC New Space newsletter. I agree with Stephens that it Web 2.0 is a new age for librarians and information institutions and time to upgrade your train of thought, retrain employees, basically do what you can to continue serving quality service to users in accessing information.
Changes within the library profession have happened before and this should be considered no different. I think libraries will be busy for the next few years in upgrading library equipment, and public areas, training staff, to name a few. Our profession will include constant upkeep in the latest computer technology and how to apply it to our job. The role of the library and its function has been going under a transformation. It will be more of a place where the librarian collaborates with the client as per Stephens in creating online tools custom crafted for the individual user.
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