Well, I've read the articles that you've required and I have to say I feel really behind. I graduated with my MLS in 1998 and I'm relatively computer savy. Now, every article I read and every new "thing" I'm learning about during this "23 Things" excercise, makes me feel more and more like I need to catch up.
Part of my problem is that I currently lack the tools that these articles claim all of our patons have. That is, I don't have high speed internet in my home. I think this leads me to believe that a great deal of my patrons are in the same situation. Which, thus, leads me to think that most of my patrons are not ready for Library 2.0 yet. I certainly don't hear them demanding more Web 2.0 services. Maybe I'm not asking the right questions.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the Michael Stephens article from Nextspace and then when I did a Librarian 2.0 search at Technorati, guess whose blog came up? Michael Stephens' Tame the Web, which I now subscribe to. I figure if I read his complete blog and keep up with his posts, I'll be up to speed in no time.
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Actually our counties are in transition. According to eNC the percentage of households with access to high-speed Internet, either from cable, satellite, or Verizon, is 75.82% in Swain County, 77.4% in Jackson County, and 69.91% in Macon County. This is just the percentage that have access available, not the percentage that actually have purchased it. But it shows that a fair percentage of our customers (or potential customers) do have access to these tools. So, if these people are "cocooning" - doing most of their interacting on the web, we need to let them know that we are there for them - that the library is ready ans willing to reach out to them in their preferred mode of exchange.
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