#15 Week 6 LIb 2.0 and Web 2.0

OCLC (Online Computer Library Centre)
Rick Anderson, Reno Libraries, says we need less printed matter with the current emergence of things digital and to have less reliance on user education, which could be replaced by online easy-to-use programs. He recommends placing library services and content in the customer’s preferred environment (the Web).

Chip Nilges, OCLC Vice President, New Services, expands on Tim O’ Reilly’s principles of Web 2.0 in a terribly wordy manner. I gather he's saying this is a new world of librarianship where all can cooperate on cataloging and sharing resources virtually, in particular through the huge network of library content and services of WorldCat.

I am inclined to think along the lines of Dr Wendy Schulz (Infinite Futures) where she mentions Libraries 2.0 (Web 2.0) evolving to Web 4.0.
Beginning with Library 1.0, which are basically books, she moves onto Library 2.0 which require people to provide the infrastructure.
This collaboration develops into Library 3.0 where librarians turn ‘superstars’ providing premium service in a virtual world.
Library 4.0 becomes an aesthetic experience, a form of retreat space.
I agree with all comments, only in the future years to come.
In reality, my thought is that with time, there will be a need for just a smaller number of specialized librarians, the rest being made redundant by smart machines and technology.
For now, we still have to serve as is, a current generation of existing not-so- computer-literate users.