The Machine is Us

Web 2.0

After reading all five articles on Library 2.0, I wasn't sure what to think or what to write. One thing for sure is that libraries must keep moving forward. Alvy Singer said that relationships are like sharks--they have to keep moving forward or they die. I think this is true for libraries as well. I also think that libraries need to be increasingly adroit at making decisions in a timely manner and confronting issues quickly and effectively.
I found the video by cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch haunting and profound. Library 2.0 is, and will continue to be,
an extension of Web 2.0. Libraries will ride the same wave as
Web 2.0 and ultimately become the wave.
If the Machine is Us, then Libraries are Them.
(Them = Users.)