Article from SirsiDynix OneSource

Un vieil article de 2005 mais qui a l'avantage d'être fait pour des bibliothécaires par Sirsi Dynix et d'être complet sinon totalement à date
Article from SirsiDynix OneSource: "December 21, 2005
Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World
by Stephen Abram, MLS, SirsiDynix vice president of Innovation

Recently I was asked if some software applications I was involved in were Web 2.0 compliant. This was amusing and distressing on so many levels. It’s amusing because what is being called Web 2.0 isn’t a “standard” in almost any sense of the word. It’s distressing because it shows how quickly a conversation becomes an expectation in today’s world. This is a perfect example of the power of the 95 Theses of the Cluetrain Manifesto. You can remind yourself about these at http://www.cluetrain.com/. The major thesis to me is number one – “Markets are conversations.”

Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World
Anyway, I thought it might be useful to devote this month’s column to a little information on Web 2.0 and its newborn babies, Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0. And why should you read this column? You’ve heard it all before, but in a few years these Web. 2.0 conversations have the power to drive huge transformations in our media landscape and, therefore, our life, work, and play environments. Sigh. As I’ve noted on my blog, we are entering"