TY - GEN
T1 - The prevalence and use of Web 2.0 in libraries
AU - Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan
AU - Goh, Dion Hoe Lian
AU - Lee, Chei Sian
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Libraries all over the world are undergoing fundamental paradigm shifts in the way they see their users and in how they offer their services. The thrust is on exploiting the Internet, and in particular Web 2.0 applications, to engage users not only in developing new library services but also building a community. This paper investigates the prevalence and use of Web 2.0 applications of 90 websites of libraries from North America, Europe and Asia. The findings reveal that all three categories of Web 2.0 applications, namely, those that support information push/pull, retrieval, and exchange, have been adopted in libraries across the three regions, with libraries in North America leading their European and Asian counterparts. The ways in which individual Web 2.0 applications have been used are also detailed.
AB - Libraries all over the world are undergoing fundamental paradigm shifts in the way they see their users and in how they offer their services. The thrust is on exploiting the Internet, and in particular Web 2.0 applications, to engage users not only in developing new library services but also building a community. This paper investigates the prevalence and use of Web 2.0 applications of 90 websites of libraries from North America, Europe and Asia. The findings reveal that all three categories of Web 2.0 applications, namely, those that support information push/pull, retrieval, and exchange, have been adopted in libraries across the three regions, with libraries in North America leading their European and Asian counterparts. The ways in which individual Web 2.0 applications have been used are also detailed.
KW - Libraries
KW - Web 2.0
KW - Websites
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-89533-6_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-89533-6_3
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:58049086399
SN - 3540895329
SN - 9783540895329
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 22
EP - 30
BT - Digital Libraries
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 11th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2008
Y2 - 2 December 2008 through 5 December 2008
ER -