Library 2.0:Beginning of a new era

LIBRARY 2.0 BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA Soumi Sanyal Librarian Apeejay School Kolkata

INTRODUCTION Libraries are guardians of knowledge. Patrons will flock libraries to quench their thirst of knowledge With rise of Google, Amazon, Wikipedia and more Patrons will bypass Processes and institutions they perceive to be Slow, unresponsive, Unappealing and Irrelevant. Libraries hence need to change Need to upgrade their services. Need to provide valuable and reliable content, services and expertise Its time to change with the Changing world

WHAT NEXT? WEB 1.0 AGE OF BROWSING THE WEB PAGES ONLY WEB 2.0 ERA OF NOT ONLY BROWSING BUT PARTICIPATING, INTERACTING & COLLABORATING

Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing

Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities

Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer

Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversation

Web 1.0 was about advertising, Web 2.0 is about word of mouth

Web 1.0 was about services sold over the web, Web 2.0 is about web services

WHAT’S WEB 2.0?

DIFFERENT ASPECTS

CONTENT COLLABORATION

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

MEDIA SHARING

SOCIAL NETWORKING

CONTENT COLLABORATION

WIKIS

BLOGS

ONLINE OFFICE APPLICATIONS

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

These applications enable people to save or bookmark their favorite websites, blogspots, images, articles or podcasts in online space.

Del.icio.us Cite U Like

Stumble Upon Connotea

MEDIA SHARING

Media Sharing websites enable millions of people to organize and share their photo and video collections online.

Youtube

Flickr

Metacafe

SOCIAL NETWORKING

These are online hub where people can gather and connect with others in a virtual community.

SOME FAMOUS SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE:

MYSPACE

FACEBOOK

ORKUT

WHAT IS LIBRARY 2.0?

W EB 2.0 + L IBRARY = L IBRARY 2.0

HOW TO APPLY WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN LIBRARIES ?

WIKIS

PLATFORM FOR PUBLICATION

REFERENCE SERVICE

GROUP AUTHORSHIP

I f you've done something at your library that you consider a success, please write about it in the wiki or provide a link to outside coverage. If you have materials that would be helpful to other librarians, add them to the wiki.

Examples:

Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki

http://www.library.ohiou.edu /subjects/ bizwiki /index. php /Main_Page

Yarra Plenty Summer Reading Club Wiki

http:// summerreadingclub pbwiki .com/

St. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides

http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php /Main_Page

BLOGS

A blog is a web

page containing

structured data that is

updated on a

regular basis

Blogs can be very useful in Promoting library services

ANOTHER FORM PUBLICATION.

PROMOTION

FULL USER PARTICIPATION

ONLINE OFFICEAPPLICATION

SHARE

PUBLISH

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS ORGANISING LIBRARY BOOKS & RESOURCES FROM CATALOGUE,ARTICLES AND WEB PAGES

LIBRARY THING Libraries can send Their list of books With ISBN tags LIBRARY THING Sends code which the library Can paste in the OPAC Matching ISBNs of books In library with ISBNs of books In library thing

MEDIA SHARING