Information literacy 2.0

”What does Library 2.0 mean and how should we develop new kinds of library and information infrastructures and services?” This seems to be a popular question among library professionals nowadays. Library 2.0 is both a practical and a philosophical issue. In the present paper, I will take a philosophical and critical approach. However, I also try to illustrate my points with practical examples. The goal of this paper is to outline a picture on what it really means to live in this brand new 2.0 world. During the recent year we have heard and read at least about Learning 2.0, Knowledge 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0. Of course, these kinds of terms could just be seen as new buzz words, and I do not want to disagree with this characterisation. However, I think that these terms or phrases also try to depict something more – something taking place right now, something out there. In fact, I see them as indications that something is profoundly changing in the ways in which we create and use information. New kinds of literacies are needed in dealing with the various born-digital document types and genres – like sms messages, emails, blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds – that are forming an increasingly larger part of our present-day and future information environments. Mobile technological tools and increasingly smarter PDAs (personal digital assistants) are used for receiving, downloading, viewing, listening and creating digital documents. In addition, we are witInformation literacy 2.01