Comments on: Cliff Landis offers 2.o Advice to Vendors http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/cliff-landis-offers-2o-advice-to-vendors/ Libraries, Technology and People by Michael Stephens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brinxmat http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/cliff-landis-offers-2o-advice-to-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Brinxmat Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:25:54 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/cliff-landis-offers-2o-advice-to-vendors/#comment-638 "Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 concepts aren’t about tools–they’re about users" I'm afraid I don't agree: the whole 2.0 thing is about social tech, where the focus should be on dialog. In terms of library 2.0, the maintainer-user dialog is important (why else does someone visit a knowledge site than to glean info from a trusted source? This is the only edge we have over the likes of Google.) In other instances -- social-networking sites are the best example, the user-user dialog is more important, but I for example visit this site because I trust its opinions to be of interest, but giving feedback like this is not an interplay of equals (i.e. user-user), it's one of different power roles (user-maintainer.) You can, for example, delete my comments. I'd argue that the focus for libraries <i>should</i> be user-maintainer dialog, not user-user because of the simple fact that libraries are a trusted source (and we can maybe be trusted to monitor user-user dialog too) “Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 concepts aren’t about tools–they’re about users”

I’m afraid I don’t agree: the whole 2.0 thing is about social tech, where the focus should be on dialog.

In terms of library 2.0, the maintainer-user dialog is important (why else does someone visit a knowledge site than to glean info from a trusted source? This is the only edge we have over the likes of Google.)

In other instances — social-networking sites are the best example, the user-user dialog is more important, but I for example visit this site because I trust its opinions to be of interest, but giving feedback like this is not an interplay of equals (i.e. user-user), it’s one of different power roles (user-maintainer.) You can, for example, delete my comments.

I’d argue that the focus for libraries should be user-maintainer dialog, not user-user because of the simple fact that libraries are a trusted source (and we can maybe be trusted to monitor user-user dialog too)

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