Web 2.0 and its implications for libraries
9781774698587
246 pages
Arcler Education Inc
Overview
The aim of this volume was to determine how many library services are provided by Web 2.0 tools and what challenges librarians face when using them. It is a comprehensive analysis of the most recent research on how library services can benefit from Web 2.0 tools. While the use of Web 2.0 tools in library services is still in its infancy, some university libraries have begun utilizing them with the intention of connecting with users in the areas where they are found. The use of Web 2.0 tools has been hindered by a number of obstacles, including a lack of expertise, power outages, a conservative attitude among some librarians, and a lack of policy managing emerging technologies. This volume's findings provide insight into librarians' "experience in using Web 2.0 tools, which may provide a convenient basis for library staff and specialists considering the possibility of accepting Web 2.0 tools as a piece of their system. Web 2.0 further highlights the librarian's capacity as a lead to information instead of the traditional function of an information keeper, and the technology as a platform for collaboration and promoting a stronger Internet community.
Author Bio
Dr. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi obtained his Ph. D. (Library & Information Science) from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University Allahabad in 2013. He is working as cataloguer since 6th August 2001 in Central Library D. D. U Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur. He has teaching experience as UG and PG Level Teaching from 2002 in Department of Library and Information Science Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur; UG and PG Level Counseling from 2002 in Rajarshi Tondon Open University, (Deen Dayal Upadhyay
Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur, Center). He has also worked as a
Data capturing worker in Central Library, B.H.U., Varanasi under INFLIBNET Project funded by UGC from 12th December 2000 to 4th August 2001. He has written several research articles in national and international journals and published books with Society Publishing. He has attended several Workshop/ Seminar at different places.
