Hi everyone, Discussion Papers I and II are now available to download on our Resources page. These give a good overview of the project and preliminary findings so far, so be sure to check them out! Comments, thoughts, and opinions are all very welcome and encouraged, so please do let us know what you think.
Posts Tagged ‘library 2.0’
Discussion Paper Two now available
Posted in Project Updates, Site Updates, tagged librarian 2.0, library 2.0, lis education 2.0 on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The library – warehouse for books or community gathering centre?
Posted in Articles, tagged digital age, librarian 2.0, library 2.0 on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CNN has an interesting article looking at the ways in which libraries and librarians are continuing to evolve in response to increased digitisation of information and use of social technologies. Highlights include: Library 2.0… People used to go online for the same information they could get from newspapers. Now they go to Facebook, Digg and [...]
Librarians responding to the digital age
Posted in Interviews, tagged digital age, librarian 2.0, library 2.0, public libraries, school libraries on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bloggers from Follow the Reader have posted a recent interview with two library professionals about how they are perceiving some of the challenges of the digital age for libraries. From the blog post: As digital publishing options become more and more prevalent, libraries of all kinds are working to incorporate digital into their collections and [...]
A new approach to defining library 2.0
Posted in Papers & Presentations, tagged librarian 2.0, library 2.0 on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An article has just been published in the newest issue of the Journal of Documentation that attempts to answer the question “What is library 2.0?” from the perspective of library professionals. (For those without access to the journal you can check out a related presentation here.) Researchers from Åbo Akademi University in Finland used a [...]
Recent Stephen Abram articles
Posted in Articles, tagged blogging, library 2.0, literacy 2.0, special libraries on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several articles that may be of interest to readers have recently been made available by Stephen Abram on his blog, Stephen’s Lighthouse: “The New Normal” appeared as an April/May column for Information Outlook, and in it Stephen talks about some of the things that have become ‘normal’ to him now in special libraries, including social [...]
Spotlight on users
Posted in Videos, tagged co-creation, library 2.0, participatory design, user involvement on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting video from Aarhus Public Libraries in Denmark is a good example of how ‘library 2.0′ can be seen as being about more than just the technology. Here the Aarhus Main Library’s focus is on involving the users in order to cater to their needs; user collaboration and participatory design in libraries is encouraged. From [...]
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