Library 2.0

I certainly agree that Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 has / will affect the way we acquire and maintain collections. Certainly many of the juvenile nonfiction book collections that used to be wiped out during a large assignment no longer see the traffic; the students are getting their information online. But having helped fill over 700 reserve requests last Wednesday after being closed 2 days, I know very well that many customers are still asking for books and other actual materials, and we need to make sure they are getting what they want.

I think CML is striving to keep up with all the new technological developments, but when our homepage is not accessible (a friend told me CML's webpage was down twice in 2 weeks) or the internet is down or we can't get to the premium resources, we are not reliable enough to give up a large print collection that can help "just in case". And the more resources that are available online, the more computers (i.e. access points) we will need to provide to the public.

I think the idea of faster access to other's collections would be wonderful. I think we should be able to do much better than 6-7 weeks in filling ILL requests. Maybe some of the new innovations will help.