An interesting article in the Cambridge University Libraries Information Bulletin clearly defining web 2.0 concepts. The following is a quote:
"The term ‘Web 2.0’ was coined by media publisher Dale Dougherty to describe the second generation of web technologies which emerged in the wake of the dot-com crash in 20001. Jane Secker’s presentation at the libraries@cambridge conference defined ‘Web 2.0’ technologies through these characteristics:
user-generated content (e.g. http://www.wikipedia.org/)
their ability to “harness the power of the crowd” by gathering and publishing users’ opinions (e.g. http://www.tripadvisor.com/)
their focus on user-networking (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/)
their emphasis on sharing data (e.g. http://www.del.icio.us.com/, http://www.youtube.com/).
‘Library 2.0’ is a concept model devised by Michael Habib2 and can be thought of as a library-world incarnation of Web 2.0. Michael Habib argues that academic libraries have always provided a unique physical space which combines the academic and the social; Web 2.0 technologies allow libraries to provide a similar virtual space."
There is a nice diagram to prove the point too, see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/CULIB/culib_62.htm#2 The use of social software in libraries is an interesting concept, but apart from using a library blog to communicate with users, or a blog such as this one to record professional activities, or learn about other people's, I can't see many advantages and think it is probably a bit of a red herring. Of course librarians have to understand this stuff and of course social software is brilliant for other things.
"The term ‘Web 2.0’ was coined by media publisher Dale Dougherty to describe the second generation of web technologies which emerged in the wake of the dot-com crash in 20001. Jane Secker’s presentation at the libraries@cambridge conference defined ‘Web 2.0’ technologies through these characteristics:
user-generated content (e.g. http://www.wikipedia.org/)
their ability to “harness the power of the crowd” by gathering and publishing users’ opinions (e.g. http://www.tripadvisor.com/)
their focus on user-networking (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/)
their emphasis on sharing data (e.g. http://www.del.icio.us.com/, http://www.youtube.com/).
‘Library 2.0’ is a concept model devised by Michael Habib2 and can be thought of as a library-world incarnation of Web 2.0. Michael Habib argues that academic libraries have always provided a unique physical space which combines the academic and the social; Web 2.0 technologies allow libraries to provide a similar virtual space."
There is a nice diagram to prove the point too, see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/CULIB/culib_62.htm#2 The use of social software in libraries is an interesting concept, but apart from using a library blog to communicate with users, or a blog such as this one to record professional activities, or learn about other people's, I can't see many advantages and think it is probably a bit of a red herring. Of course librarians have to understand this stuff and of course social software is brilliant for other things.
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