So far, I've spent a lot of time reading about Technorati and Delicious and exploring their applications - but I eventually needed help from the lovely Donna to be able to apply these (I now have Technorati linked to my blog) Not sure I'll be using these a lot - but at least I know a bit about them now!
I found Rick Anderson's article "Away from the icebergs" very interesting - he points out that as Web 2.0 technology continues to emerge, there will be a move away from our patrons' expectations of just a physical library collection. They will expect to be able to access information in all types of format, including digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. - and it will be part of the librarian's role to educate library users in the use of these technologies. Libraries also no longer have the monopoly power in the "information marketplace" that they possessed in the days before Internet use became widespread.
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