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Comment by Megan Wiseman on March 7, 2010 at 12:38pm

I too was quite happy that Library 2.0 will be sticking around.

But I do have some concerns: I tend to gather and spread the 2.0 discussion in a 'network' of disconnected people and sources. My 'network' consists of a slow buildup of Twitter feeds, bookmarks that I check as part of my email routine, and RSS feeds that deliver themselves right to my screen. I have no end of Firefox addons to help in this. I then regurgitate these ideas back out via Twitter and popular Social Networking sites (Facebook or LinkedIn). This site, while I really do appreciate the idea behind it and have tried my hardest to make it fit my methods of information gathering just comes off as 'clunky' and I can't put my finger on why. I'd love to be able to suggest something grand that would fix the problem but simply cannot think of a workable solution off-hand.

But kudos to people sticking it out!! :)

P.S. I bet there are several Grad Lib Sci students out there right now looking for a research project about information gathering and dissemination... think we could put out an all-call alert to have THIS network studied and re-designed? What makes Facebook work so well? What makes OkCupid work (dating/meet-up site)? And how can we replicate that success? I, for one, know that my overtures to invite fellow librarians onto the site have met with no success.