As I learn about applying “new Web 2.0 technologies to the library setting,” as they talk about in instructionwiki.org, I find that Library 2.0 could be an exciting way to bring some of these tools into any library setting, though in the elementary school library it might be more limited.  To read about how Library 2.0 technologies would encourage students as library users to be more interactive with the services in the library is a new concept but one that gets me thinking about change that is appropriate and important.  I really like the idea that more interactivity, or “interoperability,” in the library OPAC could be one way that this change could happen, even for our youngest students.  Jessamyn West on her awesome site librarian.net talks about “what we want” in the library.  She includes points about what patrons want in an OPAC.  In my case, the patrons are the elementary school students of course.  The idea that new OPAC services could add tools like help for students when they make spelling errors in their search terms, in the same way Google does, would be an example of how a new service would reflect the needs of our students.  

With the tools that Web 2.0 offers the services that libraries can offer patrons can only broaden the possibilities for information access.  I agreed with librarians who see how these services and the idea of user feedback and participation have been a part of library services for a long time.  It seems that now that we add in technology and the new services that come with Web 2.0 the library can be more flexible and creative in how to meet patrons needs in all areas.  I have only touched on some of these new ideas and so I look forward to exploring more of this Library 2.0 world.