Web 2.0 seems provide people not only the ability to communicate across streams and media, but with little or no cost other than that involved in production and getting online. A lot of it feels like people communicating because they can; the 'Hey look at what I can do' factor.
The ability to put things like technorati tags onto an article or blog alerts others to what you consider the blog to be about; but perhaps you have missed the point of the blog entirely? Or you follow a tag to a 20 page blog where only the last paragraph has anything to do with the tag? What I am wondering about here is the aspect of moderation. At least with librarian generated subject headings, you can be certain that the item in question does have some form of relevance.
So looks like the role of a librarian in the up coming library 2.0 future will be one of a guide; of being knowledgable enough to be able to swim the many different streams of the web, evaluating the content and accuracy of information sources to help their patrons not only discover content but also create their own and collate their own information.
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Some interesting thoughts - librarians should indeed be able to steer their patrons towards knowledge - onward, information scientists!
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