The Library 2.0 discussion was interesting. Crawford really drives home the point that the term Library 2.0 does not have a concise definition and it is not possible to come up with one. Library 2.0 represents new concepts, changing philosophies and not just changing technologies. The Holmberg piece went further into the idea of Library 2.0 and did a case study of active librarians. What did they think Library 2.0 means? After constructing a word map, the most frequently used words to describe Library 2.0 were interactivity, users and participation. Which I think describe the main pillars of Library 2.0 rather well.
The Darby and Gilmour article on adding Delicious data to library websites was a little more technical than I like. However I did understand the advantages and disadvantages of using each delivery method. RSS the simplest, yet the most limited, JSON seemed like the most useful solution, a good middle ground and XML the most comprehensive and most taxing on external servers.
The bot herding article was cool because it showed how bot herds can be used in a benevolent way instead of the usual malicious collection of personal information.
Saxton's recommendations on how to use Wikis, RSS and Blogs in the library are great. Especially the way she describes using RSS to help librarians keep up with new research in the profession. Instead of constantly searching for new LIS related articles, a librarian could just subscribe to a blog and get new research updates sent to them.
I've never heard of social bookmarking before watching the video on Diigo. I can't believe I haven't been using something like it! I have massive and very unwieldy bookmark list on my browsers. Diigo seems like a much better solution. I like the idea of tagging bookmarks, organizing and searching through them.
