Small pieces, loosely joined: is it any wonder that 2.0talk clumps into lists? I won’t embark on a whole metalist, but here, at least, are a couple of Library 2.0 itemizations I enjoyed today, garnished with a few glib comments.

1 Taking advantage of Web and Library 2.0, by John Blyberg. Smoothly written and illustrated — takes a list generated by Dion Hinchcliffe and applies it to libraries.

• Encourage Social Contributions With Individual Benefit - all for me, me for all
• Make Content Editable Whenever Possible - and yes, not just in some little playpen
• Encourage Unintended Uses - even for books?
• Provide Continuous, Interactive User Experiences -
• Make Sure Your Site Offers Its Content as Feeds and/or Web services -
• Let Users Establish and Build On Their Reputations - hello, superpatron
• Allow Low-Friction Enrichment of Your Information - but as for high-friction enrichment… build your own %^#* library
• Give Users the Right To Remix - yes but beware ‘truthiness’
• Reuse Other Services Aggressively - including lists…
• Build Small Pieces, Loosely Joined - see Casey Bisson on a 2.0 Opac (or 2.Opac? toepack?)

2 Ten Techie Things for Librarians 2006, by Michael Stephens. Looser, sprawling entries — many emphasizing interactivity. Good intermixture of links.

• User Centered Planning & User Perceptions - again, really they’re patrons
• Building Resources & Comments Enabled - yes, right, why not try?
• Open Source Software & Shared Development - but freedom ain’t free, of course
• The Future of the ILS - tips to another Blyberg list, his ILS Customer Bill of Rights
• Devices - you know, those little electronic communication thingies that users patrons obligingly tote
• Electronic Resource Management & DRM - you know, those little electronic dis-communication thingies that thugs content providers relentlessly embed
• Mash Ups & Playlists - more fun with APIs
• Content & Experience - teen creators, Generation C, whatever you call them, when they make they wake
• Web 2.0 - uh, right, see above
• Librarians & the Heart - I think this has to do with personality, actually
• Bonus: Balance, Breathing and Being Zen - hey, breathing’s interactive too