Thought for food

Le Penseur - Musee Rodin
Originally uploaded by BabyDinosaur.

As I wrote in previous post-I am NOT a writer. Main reason this blog post is out of weekly order---I HATE book reports. Well onward & ever outward:
Away From Icebergs
"it no longer makes sense to 'collect' in the traditional sense at all'".
IS HE CRAZY!!!! Call me Doctor McCoy from Star Trek if you well but I think people will always want to hold a book in their hand and turn the pages (at least with pleasure reading). Granted lots on nonfiction changes so fast that there a 'fast' source of that reading is a must.
Even with online sources there has to be a level of 'online smarts' to use it and not everyone goes to the computer knowing what/how to get what they need. Some of the places in this 2.0 I have visited already I'd say are NOT user friendly for someone not 'surfing' away parts of every day. Also the poor are not so able to have online sources and libraries should NOT leave them out of the information assessment.
Into a New World of Libriarnship
Basely I thought he said let the patron be involved in how the library should be...I think we are already doing that (as a nice patron tax based 'being' should). Tech for tech shake is a no-no, but tech that can do what a patron whats of it/us is a must to have. Never stop looking ahead so the future doesn't run us over for the best library service able. By the way his EXCESSIVE use of 'this librarian' was for this tech very annoying.
To More Powerful Ways to Co-operate
Nilges is teasing me with a future with WorldCat available with authorization--can't wait. I see the value of WorldCat in my work but don't have authorization for it now so when this is available my work will add valuable information for the next person so deals with it :)
Most of the article was over my non-librarian head but sounds like he say's more data with a standard so more searches but be done with duplicating effort and with more people being able to use and maybe even add to the information available is in the near near future.
As I wrote am not a writer, took me 2 weeks to read, digest and report of these, have mercy!!;)