Reading Away from Icebergs raised some interesting points about the collection of print resources, and I think patrons do want access to everything but they also want it straight away - influenced by the web and the vast information they can find out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One of the problems is that not all publishers move at the same pace as the patron wants or needs and this puts us in the middle!
Into a new world of librarianship made me question a couple of the points raised about the traits of Librarian 2.0. I think that alot of these traits aren't newly required -you could argue that librarians (admittedly not all) have always looked forward, understood content and planned for the future with patrons in mind - these are traits that haven't just come about because of Web 2.0.
I think Library 2.0 is about exploring and implementing the best changes and technology developments to connect more with the patron and provide quality resources not quantity
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