Comments on: A Library 2.0 hangover

By: See Also

See Also — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:02:15 +0000

Zeldman on “Web 3.0″ -or- What are we doing right?

Thanks to TangognaT’s (whom I have now just linked to twice this evening, and whose palindromic nom de blog I have only just now figured out) link, I read web designer and standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman’s article Web 3.0. The…

By: See Also

See Also — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:42:54 +0000

Keeping up with the Carnival of the Infosciences

ferriswhell at night by foverversouls on Flickr. Posted here thanks to the Creative Commons. TangognaT was kind enough to link to my Library 2.0 hangover post in the “Editor’s Choice” section when she hosted Carnival of the Infosciences #20…

By: Angel

Angel — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:49:35 +0000

I am not sure about hangover, but I am certainly about exhausted by the term. The only reason I found this post was because of the Infosciences Carnival. I have Walt’s report to read saved on my clips, and I just can’t bring myself to read it because to be honest I am tired of the “us against them,” the “if you are not with us, you must be stuck in the last century,” and a few other things. All I want is to make my library better and to better serve my students (I am an academic librarian). At this point, to be perfectly honest, the term is something I could care less about. Anyways, not much I can do about it other than scan the blog reader and stay away accordingly.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:22:35 +0000

Laura: I think I still have a Gorman hangover; there is still a bad taste in my mouth, anyway.

Davey: my all-time favorite Simpsons quote! And I have a lot of favorites.

By: Davey P

Davey P — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:27:49 +0000

Excellent post Steve! Seeing as you quote Homer, I can't resist responding with a quote from Lisa: "My family never talks about library standards. And every time I try to steer the conversation that way, they make me feel like a nerd." (They Saved Lisa's Brain, http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF18)

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:26:38 +0000

Steve, I think in your L2 hangover you’ve coined another catchphrase–the insert-hot-blog-topic-of-the-moment hangover. Truly, that’s the most accurate term I’ve heard for the sensation one sometimes gets by the time one has finished catching up with one’s feeds. Perhaps we all need to pause to drink more water. Thanks!

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:59:43 +0000

Please think out loud as you work on that article, at least enough to sprinkle more good ideas on all of us. I have been working on an L2 piece from my experience as a library administrator and the “view from within.” My feeling is many good ideas have been swirling around, but we all need to be more concrete about implementation plans and ideas. I know all too well how new movements, in a sense, are analogy tests.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:45:01 +0000

Thanks, Walt. I appreciate that. I almost speculated in my post as to what a slog it must have been for you to write.

By: walt

walt — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:39:37 +0000

Great post (including your choice of bullets). “Slog” is a kind word, I think…

If I’ve caused people to start writing posts like this (which I doubt–that’s way too much credit to take), then the issue was worthwhile no matter its (many) faults.

(And if you think reading it is a slog, imagine writing it!–and editing it, over and over, during a two-week period, more intensively than I’ve ever edited anything short of a book)