Week 6, Thing# 15

I totally agree with Rick Anderson ("Away from the icebergs"), when he states that "the very idea of library 'collection'" must be seen differently. For example, we, as librarians, need to ask ourselves whether we should spend our money in buying a new set of encyclopedias to replace the outdated ones or if we should spend that money to subscribe to an online encyclopedia. I have only one teacher who checks out an encyclopedia set every year once a year. All my other teachers use the online encyclopedias. I still show the students how to use the printed ones "just in case" our internet is down (which this year happened more than once), but the majority of the students would rather seek for the information online. I also totally agree that public libraries, more so than school libraries, need to keep up with technology and need to "bring our services to the patrons." For me, library 2.0 is a way for libraries to keep up with the constant changes being brought about with technology.