Thing #15 Library 2.0 - Surviving the FLOOD

Going into Library 2.0 - Rick Anderson - Away From The IcebergsI liked the images Anderson formed with his Iceberg theme and smiled at his picture holding an oar.
He felt there were three icebergs in Library 2.0 that needed to be steered away from:

1. Creating collections--don't waste time and money acquiring material that you only predict will be needed. DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO CLASSROOM MATERIALS & TEXTBOOKS? I think maybe so.

2. Libraries (and those that provide FUNDING) must concentrate on EQUIPMENT and STAFF to help train the patrons to quickly find the research and materials that they need and not fumble around with inefficient search engines. MY CLASSROOM HAS NEVER HAD ENOUGH COMPUTERS to integrate technology on a daily basis--a standard that is waved in front of teachers but not supported by staffing, IT, and school equipment. Certain student demographics limit expectations for students to always have a computer at home.

3. Library services must shift their VISIBILITY out of a BUILDING and into the place that techno-savy people now reside--the WEB. He says, "It’s going to have to happen one library—one little boat—at a time." This could apply to the classroom also as far as how teachers present curriculum -- Can we PODCAST lessons? We've slowly moved into the ACTIV board classroom and we need to realize that the only educators that are going to survive the WEB flood that we are already in are those that steer their own boats into the current instead of against it.