Well on the one hand I agree with the creator of the web, that there really is no such thing, or at least no clear definition for Web 2.0. Tim Berners-Lee said, "Web 1.0 is about connecting computers, while Web 2.0 is about connecting people," Berners-Lee replied, "Totally not. Web 1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along. And in fact, you know, this 'Web 2.0,' it means using the standards which have been produced by all these people working on Web 1.0."
But from the library perspective Web 2.0 has meaning. It does point to our need to be more aware of and collaborative of the end user. But so far, we have mainly just paid lip service to it. Librarians talk about why we need to do all of these things, but the ideas die as they work their way up the chain of command. We will eventually get there, but as an institution kicking and screaming all the way.
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