Saturday, September 8, 2007

Thing 15: Man and machine

My concern about the many "2.0" activities is that while they are supposed to foster community, collaboration, and social networking, they are in reality solitary pursuits: one person, a screen, a keyboard. Time spent blogging, uploading, and tagging is time not spent interacting with others in person.
I was therefore most encouraged by Wendy Schultz's pespective, "To a temporary place in time". Library 4.0, library as salon, "knowledge spa": putting the human element back into the library experience.

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