We all know the younger generation have already much experience of what has been covered in 2.0. They are the "plugged" in generation - using mobiles, ipods, myspace, MP3s, blogs etc as a regular fabric of their lives- relating to friends and learning, in the techno world. So where do they sit as users of libraries and what direction do we need to take for the future . Libraries definitely need to embrace their world and connect with their online lives. Through our web site alone we know that there are some members that are purely virtual members - using the online resources we offer, web links and relying on the online environment to be alerted to activities and other resources offered. It is obvious libraries are at the cross roads . All of the technologies in 2.0 and beyond such as RSS, Wikis, web logs will help us to provide a library service that is much more dynamic, connect to our community , package information in an intuitive way, promote and generally expand service delivery. The notion of Library 4.0 of connecting from virtual reality to 3d reality, library labs, knowledge spas - we can only wonder and explore - it really seems a huge experiment being propelled of its own volition - always evolving. The journey is going to be fascinating......
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