Well, the conversation has evolved from Web 2.0 to Library 2.0 and to Librarian 2.0,–and the definitive discussion of the latter two is still probably Stephen Abram’s must read piece in December 2005’s Information Outlook, Web 2.0 – Huh?! Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0.

But what does it mean to be a “Business Information Professional 2.0?” It seems to me that some of the key elements would include:

• Helping facilitate strategic internal discussions around a piece of critical business information
• Helping staff/clients discover who else is collecting the same URLs or visiting sites (kind of an internal Del.icio.us or Furl.net)
• Being an active guide in helping staff/clients understand the various types of reputation systems that are evolving to help evaluate the credibility of bloggers, blog postings, wikis, and sites that rely on user ratings. Even just instructing on how to use and understand Technorati’s recently launched “rank by Authority” slider bar, and BlogFinder would be helpful.
• Encouraging user-tagging of internal documents by those closest to the field to help create a live naming system that will help in identify emerging trends and events that the entire organization should be paying attention to.

What else?

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