by aussiegall
Web 2.0: Building the New Library
[Via Ariadne]
Paul Miller wrote this over 2 years ago but it amply describes the effects of new approaches will have on an area that lives by dispersing information. It is not the technology that will make a difference. It is an attitude, one that is almost as old as humankind.
Sharing helps the entire team, tribe or town. The collective intelligence of the group is only strong when the umber of information chokepoints is low.
Paul’s Principles of Web 2.0, as discussed here, still apply in almost any endeavor that must deal with information to succeed. Here they are:
- Web 2.0 presages a freeing of data, allowing it to be exposed, discovered and manipulated in a variety of ways distinct from the purpose of the application originally used to gain access.
- Web 2.0 permits the building of virtual applications, drawing data and functionality from a number of different sources as appropriate.
- Web 2.0 is participative.
- Web 2.0 applications work for the user.
- Web 2.0 applications are modular, with developers and users able to pick and choose from a set of interoperating components in order to build something that meets their needs.
- Web 2.0 is about sharing: code, content, ideas.
- Web 2.0 is about communication and facilitating community.
- Web 2.0 is about remix.
- Web 2.0 is smart.
- Web 2.0 opens up the Long Tail.
- Web 2.0 is built upon Trust.
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