6:16: Web 2.0, Business 2.0, Libraries 2.0, Learning 2.0, Librarian 2.0

(As ever) I found the potted description of "Libraries 2.0" on the wikipedia a helpful overview of the term-du-jour. I like the line "With new web tools information can be released to flow in every direction (library to user, user to library, library to library, and user to user)", which succinctly describes the underlying principle of Libraries 2.0. This very blog is largely an exercise in librarian to librarian information sharing in a virtual environment. (Wow, profound)

Read a good article (referenced by the wikipedia description) Maness, J. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries. Webology, 3 (2), Article 25.
In which Maness describes Web 2.0 in a similar way - but rather more poetically - as "a matrix of dialogues, not a collection of monologues". Maness also refers to the term "biblioblogosphere" when describing weblogs written by librarians such as this. Maness goes on to define “Library 2.0” as “the application of interactive, collaborative, and multi-media web-based technologies to web-based library services and collections". When discussing the implications of blogs and wikis to libraries, he writes that "In a world where no information is inherently authoritative and valid, the critical thinking skills of information literacy are paramount to all other forms of learning".