Lots of conversation at Internet Librarian International about Library 2.0, most of it highly enthusiastic. We should all be embracing this, evangelizing this, say folks like Michael Stephens, Jenny Levine, Phil Bradley, and Brian Kelly. Second day keynote speaker Greg Notess brought a note of skepticism to the party. Not that he disagrees with Library 2.0, it’s just that he wants us to consider the user. Are Library 2.0 technologies always the most appropriate ones? Sometimes they most definitely are, but he urged us not to forget about our traditional skills. We need to add new skills on top of the old ones, not replace them.

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