Web 2.0

I read the first article, Away from Icebergs (http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm), and found it very interesting. It does seem as time goes by the the library is seen less for its stockpile of information and is used more for a meeting place and for entertainment purposes. The Ferguson Library appears to be on the right track, by offering plenty of programs both educational and recreational. Our website is pretty well put together and easily navigable. As time goes by we are able to offer our patrons more and more options to utilize and access the library and what it has to offer via the internet. Although we will never be completely rid of print materials (and we shouldn't, not everything can be accessed completely on the web), you still need to be willing to try new things and accept changes in technology and the ever changing views of our patrons. The longer you stubbornly hang onto out-of-date ways the more you will be left behind when new advances in technology takes everyone else away into the future.