"Library 2.0", as a program for libraries to use for learning and embracing the new technologies, has been in the forefront for about a year now. This article empathizes its intended purpose. Not to change libraries but to change librarians.
The article espouses that libraries as institutions should not change with the rapid pace of technology but with the slower pace of society. I understood this statement to mean that libraries don't need to be on the "cutting edge" but should offer user-centered changes as needed or demanded by the public when necessary for information gathering.
The purported changes undergone by librarians are just more tools for information gathering and sharing. These alternate ways to reach out, share with others, and communicate with the public have increased with the disappearance of "library walls". Our librarians are no longer confined to their local space, but are out there, on the web! This is a good thing. But perhaps our public is not ready to totally abandon all traditional aspects of the library. Change is good, rapid change is disturbing.
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