Web 2.0 is successfully dragging some of us into realms unknown - in spite of ourselves. It is already amazing to see how the use of the web has expanded to be central to many aspects of communication and of life, and I expect to stand even more in awe as the exercises progress.
In the library, I cant envisage the day when books disappear from the shelves, and cannot imagine that I would ever be pleased about that. But I see the increasing need for more facilities for patrons to interact with web information in libraries as well as from their homes, etc. It follows that librarians will need to be very familiar with what patrons are doing - we need to be doing the same things ourselves at work (and out of work) in order to be that step ahead. LIbrarians will be called on to teach others how to use the web capabilities that are continuing to develop, as there will always be plenty of patrons who get left a bit behind. We need to be part of the technological revolution, rather than just keeping up. (Help!)
This will change the type of training we do, and will most likely influence the sort of people who are selected to work in libraries.
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