Inevitably (I think) this sort of investigation leads one to consider the future of reading. Will there still be books as we know them in 20 years? 50 years? 100 years? Personally I hope so, although I understand that this view is in part encultured. But the book as a physical object (and the reading of it) does provide a form of 'comfort' in the way that a back lit monitor screen doesn't.
Learning 2.0 is introducing me to a range of technologies that I assumed, guessed, figured were out there but which I had not encountered or had a need for. The trick from my point of view is to use and adapt what could be effective and productive, rather than starting to use a technology simply because it exists. Using Web 2.0 technologies for anything more than a small handful of daily utilities can swallow vast amounts of time, and quite often it is passive time.
I read several of the OCLC perspectives on Library 2.0. I cannot avoid the feeling that to be really effective in the coming years, a librarian will need advanced knowledge and understanding of IT processes, above and beyond what even those who are competent now comprehend. (At least I feel justified in requesting more PD and training in these areas when asked to comment on what more libraries could be doing to assist their staff.)
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