...Manika Lamba Purpose The advent of Web 2.0 in libraries persuades the librarians to adopt new ways to communicate, determine, and satisfy the needs of the users. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach A 30-question questionnaire was given to 30 undergraduate medical...

...Adeen Postar Cheryl Ann   Peltier‐Davis . The Cybrarian's Web: An A to Z Guide to 101 Free Web 2.0 Tools and Other Resource . London : Facet Publishing   2012 . 486 pp.   $49.50 (paperback) , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐829‐3 Some sites included in the book seem dated or so...

...Paul Genoni Julia   Gross . Building Your Library Career with Web 2.0 . Oxford : Chandos   2012 . 214 pp.   £47.50/US$80.00 , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐651‐7 Paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Digital libraries Web 2.0 Internet Digital technology...

... --> Information retrieval Web 2.0 Social media Learning methods Search engines As an Academic Liaison Librarian in a University Library and involved to some extent with developing information research skills in undergraduates and post‐graduates, I am particularly interested in new literature...

...Marydee Ojala Information retrieval Librarians Digital technology Web 2.0 Social media Learning styles Mobile technology Information literacy is a perennial concern of librarians. As both the amount and formats of information proliferate, these concerns escalate. Changes...

... Limited 2012 --> Information retrieval Digital technology Web 2.0 Internet protocol To navigate through the massively expanding amounts of information, systems of information retrieval are becoming more and more vital, including tagging, metadata, catalogues, search engines...

...Philip Mullen Edited by Dave   Parkes and Geoff   Walton . Web 2.0 and Libraries: Impacts and Technologies and Trends . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2010 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Web 2.0 Libraries Communication technologies...

.... Additionally, any library embarking on an extensive program of teaching its staff about Web 2.0 searching techniques will find all that is needed within the books 337 pages. Michael P.   Sauers . Searching 2.0 . London : Facet Publishing   2009 . 337 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐629‐9 ©...

...Frederick Nesta; Jia Mi Purpose This paper aims to present a critical review of “Web 2.0” and “Library 2.0” applications and proposal of a redirection of resources towards semantic web developments. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a historical review of library development...