A search in Technorati for "Library 2.0" brought up interesting discussions of the implications of Web 2.0 for our profession. For years we have been trying--in vain, I sometimes think--to keep up with technological advances. With 175,000 new blogs per day, multiplied by all the different types of new Web 2.0 tools, the possibilities would seem to be endless. Others may pick and choose as they see fit, but we, as librarians, are expected--or we expect ourselves--to understand them all. What a daunting prospect! Must needs more reading on this subject.
I suppose if there were anything "interesting or surprising" it was that so many of the top blogs concerned themselves with marketing, making money, etc. I suppose it makes sense, but I had just not thought about it. Also, it seems that relatively few of the top blogs are concerned with celebrity watches.
Advantages and disadvantages of tagging?...tagging is certainly helpful, as blogs without any means of pinpointing searches are pretty useless except to read for the pleasure of the subject or the author's voice or...however, at the same time, it can be difficult to choose the tags to search. Searching "Harry Potter" brought up only two or three entries, which seems like it can't be right. All-in-all, I think bloggers should make an effort to tag in such a way that others visiting their blogs can find relevant posts. That would be especially true in professional blogs which might be researched for information.
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