Topix.net is easy on the eyes

After a false start attempting to post on November 21 ( !! ), I'll try again.

I looked into some of the newsfeeds, and I admit the look of Topix.net is a lot more inviting to a newcomer to RSS feeds. The site looks a lot like the CNN website, and the Virginia Beach topic list is sort of cool.

Confusion reigns...

I just set up my Google Reader account (I think). I can't tell what I've done, quite frankly. I find this all very confusing and time-consuming, but that's probably just me. If you know what you're doing I guess it goes pretty quickly.

Very Old Dog...Extremely New Tricks

THAT said, I fully admit that this will be a huge challenge for me.

The best way to characterize the anxiety I've felt working in the Library 2.0 realm is Habit #3 of the '7 1/2 Habits'--viewing problems as challenges. It took me an hour to set my blog up, and I bet it was supposed to take 10 minutes, max!

Oh well...hopefully proficiency will come with time.

The Future is Now...

Library 2.0 is here... Actually, it's been here a while, but I'm just now catching up with the times!

What an opportunity this is for everyone--information staff and customers, too.

Library 2.0 is a natural progression of seeking and using information. It builds on all Library 1.0 was, but expands this beyond “read only” sites to interaction between users. And there’s no segregation of information providers and users: we’re all information contributors and have unique perspectives and knowledge to offer. The old “caste system” of there being owners and creators of content who are in some way “qualified” to contribute is long gone.

Library 2.0 is a mindset change and advance as well as a technological advance. To get the most out of it for ourselves and our customers, we have to go with the ever-changing flow of how people live their lives and the information they use to make their lives enriching and fulfilling.