Since most of my colleagues I usually work with are at ALA, its given me a chance to engage with their Mentees. I decided that based on my interactions, I am going to tweek the autobiography class a bit.

I have been fortunate to participate in an online discussion re: What is Library 2.0? So far, the definitions that have resulted from the participants are:

Library 2.0: Taking library service and library content to the user where they are at. Making the focus of library service: user-centered, gradual improvements that are ongoing with the mentality that some library services, resources or tools may cease to exist. Make your library at least as attractive as the most attractive retail store.

According to Jack Maness: Library 2.0 is the application of interactive, collaborative, and multi-media web-based technologies to web-based library services and collections.

Words of Inspiration

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy"

--Martin Luther King, JR. 1929-1968: Civil Rights Activist and Nobel Laureate

"I found, while thinking about the far-reaching world of the creative black women, that often the truest answer to a question that really matters can be found very close"--Alice Walker, Writer

"Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing"-Quincy Jones, Musician and Business Executive

"A race like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up"
-Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915: Educator