Friday, September 26, 2008

15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.

The five perspectives provide a unified vision of change. Libraries will need to develop along a new and challenging model.
Many of the old practices and attitudes need to go and make way for the emerging technologies such as Web 2.0.
Our patrons will need and expect ACCESS to virtually everything in a social, attractive, learning environmentthat providing the tools of useful technologies for collaboration and discussion.
There is no doubt libraries are on the cusp of change and we need to be amongst those who succeed.
Libraries have left behind card catalogues and date stamps for computerised cataloguing and circulating systems. The next step in opening up the world of information provision and interaction between customers and library professionals is here.

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