On a personal note, using technology to share information runs in my family. Pictured above is my dad in 1956, working on the first use of underwater television in fisheries research. Times sure have changed, or have they? What really jumped out at me in Kwanya, Stilwell, and Underwood’s article on Library 2.0 was something of a broader statement about the nature of science and library science:
It is a way of thinking; a way of operating. It is not just about searching, but finding; not about mere access, but sharing.
Our work is a science, a constant experiment and investigation, “a commitment to assess, improve, integrate and communicate library services using the newest information technology and the tried and true ‘human technology’” (Kwanya et al.) In other words, part of my dad’s efforts make my efforts possible; just as, hopefully, part of my efforts may perhaps give rise to future efforts in technology and library service.
How organic!
(even if the word is overused…)
To be continued…..
Kwanya, Tom, Christine Stilwell, and Peter G. Underwood. “Library 2.0: Revolution or Evolution.” South African Journal of Library & Information Science. 75 (1).
