How fortunate to be among those who remember the "traditional" library and its managed collections, and to experience Web 2.0 and to witness everything about data retrieval that those science fiction books only hinted at!
I read Dr. Wendy Schultz's article To a Temporary Place in Time, Chip Nilges To More Powerful Ways to Cooperate, and Rich Anderson's Away from the Icebergs. What resonates throughout these powerful essays is the realization that librarians need to communicate, share ideas, collaborate, and teach what we know to our customers, those who ask. Why settle for Google when there are better ways to search. Maybe we need to adjust our reference interview as we tweak our materials collections. What responsibilities do librarians now have as the Internet matures? I'm grateful that I can still be a part of this, and know that the younger librarians are already running with it as only they can.
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