# 17 - PBWiki

I have added my blog address to the Learning 2.0 wiki and added a picture of my cat to 'Favourite Animals'.

# 16 - Wikis

Book reviews, reader's advisory, general knowledge sharing between staff, best practice and policy updates: there are a number of ways in which we could use wikis in our libraries to communicate ideas to staff and the public. I suppose the issues we need to consider when opening up a collaborative project involve confidence in the participants and quality control - among many other things. How much do we restrict input and how much are we able to censor or monitor the input without compromising the principle of collaboration? I think it has potential but I have to admit some of the examples weren't particularly convincing as they didn't have the appearance of being well planned or structured. Perhaps the scope needs to be clearly realised at the outset and not too ambitious? The book reviewing and reader's advisory applications seem to work best.

# 15 - On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

This is the web 2.0 wave. I think we need to start paddling hard and catch it...(hopefully it's not as much of a monster as this one)

In order to decide whether or not we want to make the most of web 2.0 and make the transition into a Library 2.0 phase of development we need to reflect on what our role is and how well we want to perform it. I believe that we need to have the imagination to act on opportunities for growth and change. While it can be hard to muster up the energy and enthusiam to make our library the best it can be on a daily basis, if we refuse to recognise this technology as beneficial then we are doing a disservice to our customers as well as ourselves.

I think we can take some inspiration from Michael Stephens' understanding of the librarian's role in a Library 2.0 environment ( as published in the OCLC newsletter)

"Librarian 2.0 also listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes, allows staff time to play and learn, and never stops dreaming about the best library services".