... of the Association of Research Libraries. Findings It was found that each library was using some form of technology, such as RSS, blogs, social networking sites, wikis and instant messaging. On a Likert‐type scale the participant librarians significantly preferred the advantages of Web 2.0 over its disadvantages...

...‐mail discussion groups. Professional librarians serving in all types of libraries participated in the study. Findings Instant messaging, blogs, social networking and wikis were the most popular Web 2.0 technologies. Librarians adopted such technologies in their professional and personal lives. Gender, length...

...Paul Laughton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify whether a wiki can be used as an alternative to a popular learning content management system (LCMS) in an e‐learning environment. The research attempts to identify what value each of these e‐learning components added to the students...

...Madely du Preez Lauren   Pressley . Wikis for Libraries . London : Facet   2010 . 100 pp.   £34.95 soft cover , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐725‐8 (The Tech Set; 5) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Libraries Wikis Worldwide web Communication technologies...

... collections Wikis Social networking Those of us working in the dust and cobwebs of archives and local history collections are keenly aware that the game is changing. Potentially, our collections can now be made available to everyone, and we are spending increasing amounts of time and money to achieve...