Rather than debate the overall merits of the 2.0 movement, information professionals should explore the territory, techniques, and examples to find the most useful applications in your own work environment.
In fact, one of the concepts of the 2.0 movement is being a movement away from new software releases.Įven though much of the 2.0 technologies are the playground for Web designers and programmers, knowing the terminology and sample sites allows the information professional to converse about the new trends and to find both useful sites and new capabilities to integrate into information products. Their meanings are ambiguous and sometimes contradictory. They are a conglomeration of technologies, ideas, and approaches that, at least to some, represent a new way of interacting online. This is not the case with the latest round of 2.0s on the Web. The version-numbered releases have new features and capabilities for one specific program. Typically, new software releases bear a version number such as 2.0. So what is a searcher to make of the recent spate of sequels and twos on the Net? We have Web 2.0 and its offspring, and relatives such as News 2.0, Library 2.0, School Library 2.0, and 2.0 Culture.
Parents often describe the trials and tribulations of raising 2-year-olds as “the terrible twos.” Movie sequels, although not called the terrible twos, rarely equal and even less frequently exceed version 1.0.
Notess | Reference Librarian, Montana State University The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Moreīy Greg R.