The missing #7 Blog about technology

This struck a chord as an image of transformation.

In looking at the tools Learning 2.0 has introduced to me to so far I marvel at the infinite ingenuity of human beings who constantly push previous boundaries outward both to prove they can as a challenge & have fun, as well as to solve problems. As a novice though it is also daunting to realize that I am playing very superficially along now well trodden paths, in contrast to the developers who are now light years away in other universes, whereas to actually use these tools in providing better services for customers requires much time & practice to master even minimally, & even more importantly some sorting of wheat from chaff in identifying the best aspect to focus on at any one moment. It is true that many customers would share a slight degree of apprehension about some elements of technology, so a bit of fellow feeling can be helpful. But really this is just the start of the road & the hard work of implementation.

To feel more empowered, I should remember surviving what appeared mountains at the time but just specks now.

And that libraries' role is to target technology which will work for customer needs, not to be the world 1st to develop a new angle (in which case we might be in the IT industry, not working for & with library customers). Technology is the enabler, not the end itself.