...Frank Boateng; Yan Quan Liu Purpose – This paper aims to explore Web 2.0 technologies usage and trends in the top 100 US academic libraries as exemplified through the academic library websites. Design/methodology/approach – The top 100 universities were selected from the US News & World...

...Anna Richards; Barbara Sen Purpose – LibraryThing is a Web 2.0 tool allowing users to catalogue books using data drawn from sources such as Amazon and the Library of Congress and has facilities such as tagging and interest groups. This study seeks to evaluate whether LibraryThing is a valuable...

... managers, scholars, and the library community with a fresh perspective on the contemporary library. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Participatory library Library 2.0 Social media Web 2.0 Participatory technologies Library users The “participatory library” is an emerging...

... model. Findings Web 2.0 and the growth in use of participatory technologies has had a tremendous impact on the information environment. Instructors seeking to take advantage of participatory technologies in the classroom should also consider altering the classroom learning environment to one...

... of technology related to databases and Web 2.0 provides information on potential and actual use of personalization features. Findings Personalization and filtering features of research databases and the evolving Web 2.0 technology platform offer helpful tools to researchers, but the technology may...

...Preedip Balaji B.; Vinit Kumar Purpose This paper aims to discuss the present status of using new generation web technology, social media and Web 2.0 features among the technological university library websites in south India. It seeks to assess the library websites as a primary platform and one...