I read the five perspectives on Library 2.0 and the Wikipedia article. Based on my experiences, the ones that ring the truest are Michael Stephens' piece on "Into a new world of librarianship" and Dr. Wendy Schultz "To a temporary place in time . . . ".
The successful library is a constantly changing entity. I do not believe that Library 2.0 is somehow so radically different than all the change that has come before it. And it will morph/evolve/absorb into several more generations of Library 3.0 and following as Dr. Schultz states.
Michael Stephens brings a point that I am now beginning to see addressed more in the library as well as design literatures. "This librarian asks what new technologies or new materials users need. This librarian proposes building projects [and I would also think renovation projects] and involves users in designing those places."
It was last week in American Libraries Direct online newsletter that an article appeared from the Educause Quarterly, Number 4 2007 by Bryan Sinclair.
http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/Commons20LibrarySpac/45534
Diana G. Oblinger addresses Learning Commons 2.0 considerations in design and renovation with her work entitled Learning Spaces.
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