Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Library 2.0 Noise Machine

From Karen Schneider's 'Manifesto' to John Blyberg's rants, there's a lot of rage against the naysayers (or even questioners) of the inevitable slow-force march of L2.0. I wonder just how confident the proponents are when half their essays are denunciations of how the other guy got it wrong

One thing I've not seen addressed is the very real possibility that patrons come to our bricks-n-mortar space because it is real and not virtual. There is much talk about the Library 'going to where the people are,' but I wonder if they like coming to this public space because of its intimacy and sense of community. Besides Starbucks, it may be America's last Plaza Mayor.

3 comments:

CH@LOV said...

Well put, Tony!

Jessica said...

The last Plaza Mayor minus the suckling pig

Steven said...

Darn Moat! That was me, not Jessica.