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November 24, 2006

Connie Crosby

Library 2.0 Slated for Deletion?

Want to know what Library 2.0 is? Well, you soon may not be able to find that answer on Wikipedia. On Wednesday someone earmarked the Library 2.0 article to be considered for deletion, citing the phrase as a neologism unsubstantiated by secondary sources. Ironic, since we had a room of 50+ people here in Toronto talking last night about what Library 2.0 is and how they can adapt some of the technologies in their own libraries!

Read the discussion here: Delete Library 2.0 from Wikipedia?. Before you weigh in on the subject, make sure you read the Wikipedia Guide to Deletion, something which I neglected to do before I jumped in with my protests. They really are looking for some secondary backing to prove there is some significance to this phrase, that it isn't just something recently used by a few people. And if you do add a comment, please make sure you sign it by putting in four tildes ( ~~~~ ) which automatically adds your name/ID and a date stamp. In this sort of discussion, anonymous comments are kind of useless.

Exploring this side of Wikipedia has made me realize how seriously people take it, how they really strive for excellence and accuracy in the articles.

Connie is the principal of Crosby Group Consulting and is also a law librarian, writer, teacher and speaker specializing in social media, knowledge management and information management. She is author of the book "Effective Blogging for Libraries" part of the award-winning Tech Set published by Neal-Schuman in 2010.
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3 Comments on “Library 2.0 Slated for Deletion?”

  1. Neil Campbell says:
    November 24, 2006 at 7:16 pm

    Not surprisingly, the entry for web 3.0 has been deleted as well.

  2. Connie Crosby says:
    November 25, 2006 at 4:23 pm

    Michael Lines has made some great additions to the discussion–references to a number of peer-reviewed articles.

  3. Connie Crosby says:
    November 28, 2006 at 11:14 am

    Good news! The vote has been to "keep" the Library 2.0 entry. Thanks, all.

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