After reading the Blyberg article and viewing the shifted librarian video it made L2 more concrete to me, as opposed of it just being some buzz word thrown around in meetings and at conferences.
I now have a better understanding of what L2 is comprised of and the direction it is going, and above all, how we as libraries and librarians need to evolve with it in order to remain relevant in the live's of todays youth and patrons, who rely on the library for a variety of services and technology.
I was very proud and pleased to learn that the library in which I work, is, and have been, very much on the cutting edge of what L2 consists of. Our librarians and support staff put in a lot of effort into staying on the cusp of new technology and new ideas which enable us to meet our patrons/students where they are, as opposed to having them come to us. Therefore, keeping us "relevant."
We have been doing virtual reference via Meebo and Question Point for many years and have experienced success with both. Some of our librarians are making short instructional videos to walk students through various steps of research, our website, etc. As well as making a concerted effort to stay abreast of the needs of our users in multiple ways, and soliciting user-feedback in order to enhance the services we provide, and to create other ways of fulfilling the needs of our patrons.
Slowly, I see us making attempts at changing the "internal cultures" and striving to obtain some form of "institutional enlightenment". I recognize our efforts to release our idea of what the library "has been" and work towards being a library which evolves into what we need to be in order to better serve our patrons. I like the notion in Blyberg's article that in order to reach many of these goals, libraries will need to pool their resources in order to better achieve, and hopefully, surpass the goals of making a "global impact" as a united front; of what the library once was and how it will evolve into what it will need to be.
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