A lot to digest this week!

Wow - this was one of the more intense weeks for me. I especialy enjoyed reading (and re-reading) the Web 2.0/Library 2.0 articles.
I already have a del.icio.us account. It is great to be able to access the sites I have used at work at home or on any other computer. I can also integrate the links I use had bookmarked for personal use with my wor-oriented ones. Everything is in one place. I like the new option for listing reference sources in a group del.icio.us list that Keith has set up. It reminds me of the librarian's Ready Reference files that I have used in the past at libraries. Anyone could create an index card with citations, sources or information tips and add it to the Rolodex/file for everyone to use when working the Reference Desk and/or Telephone Reference. This is so much easier to use and can be shared by many...
Technorati held my interest for quite a while - I searched a variety of topics and found some great new blogs in areas I like to follow. When I put in LCLS, David Lee King's blog showed up with a post about the presentation he gave at our Staff Day event. (He also posted a nice photo taken on the beach at Sanibel while he was here!) One other thing I found in a blog (can't remember whose) was a comment about Flickr's "Map Views" feature. You can select a place (by name) and all the photos in Flickr that are tagged with that place name will be displayed...
Now, on to the articles:
Michael Stephens is always good to read - and I do so regularly. I like all his comments about Librarian 2.0, but in particular his ideas about controlling techno-lust. We shouldn't add a technology for the sake of adding it - but really need to consider what value it adds to what we are offering our users.
I liked John Riemer's comments about bibliographic relevance ranking. The idea that relevance should go beyond keywords and also look at circulations, sales, clicks, etc. should also be part of the equation. This would be great in our library catalogs.
Much of what Rick Anderson said resonated with me as relating to our strategic planning and connecting with people. I was also intrigued by his comments about library collections and am wondering what others thought about that topic?
Fianlly, Dr Schultz's progression from Library 1.0 to the future Library 4.0 was interesting. I'm not sure however what happens to the slow adopters and/or the have nots in this progression. Will libraries evolve as places for the masses or will it move them into a place for an elite group? Are we cycling backward to a time when libraries were guarded/guided by select groups? I love the notion of the library as a place for thinkers and dreamers and innovators - but I would hope to be a part of that group. I see a real role for librarians to ensure that everyone continues to feel welcome and comfortable in libraries.