Week 6 #15 web 2.0

Library 2.0 is great tool for the libraries to adopt, moving towards modern technological era. I personally would love to see all the libraries move to web 2.0

The State Library is committed to providing and increasing access to electronic resources in preference to print material containing the same content. The benefits for Library users are significant - access to information is immediate and in a searchable and downloadable format.

All together, the use of these Web 2.0 technologies and applications,will constitute a meaningful change in the history of libraries. The library's collection will change, becoming more interactive and fully accessible. The library's services will change, focusing more on the facilitation of information transfer and information literacy rather than providing controlled access to it.“The application of interactive, collaborative, and multi-media web-based technologies to web-based library services and collections.”

The best conception of Library 2.0 at this point in time would be a social network interface that the user designs. It is a personalized OPAC that includes access to RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, tags, and public and private profiles within the library's network. It is virtual reality of the library, a place where one can not only search for books and journals, but interact with a community, a librarian, and share knowledge and understanding with them. Library 2.0 will move the library services into the electronic medium. The library has had a web-presence for many years, and with Library 2.0, its patrons will be joining it.