Do you Web 2.0? : public libraries and social networking / Linda Berube.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berube, Linda.

Series:

Chandos internet series

Chandos internet series Do you Web 2.0?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web 2.0.

Online social networks.

Libraries and the Internet.

Libraries--Information technology.

Libraries.

Public services (Libraries)--Technological innovations.

Public services (Libraries).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Web 2.0 technology is a hot topic at the moment, and public librarians in particular are beginning to feel the pressure to apply these tools. Indeed, Web 2.0 has the potential to transform library services, but only if the policy and strategy for those services are ready to be transformed. The author not only reviews these tools and provides practical advice and case studies on how they can be applied in the public library setting, but also recommends the policies and business cases that begin to create a new strategy for public libraries"--From publisher's website.

Contents:

Prologue

Part I: Public libraries and social networking: can we Web 2.0?

Public libraries and digital climate change

Web 2.0 ethos: hive mind and the wisdom of the crowd

Part II-Web 2.0 tools and the librarians who love them: an overview

Do you Web 2.0? A round-up of Web 2.0 in public libraries

Part III-By increment and revolution: libraries getting to Web 2.0

A tale of one country

Part IV-'Tilling the soil, seeding the ideas': the Web 2.0 business case

Introducing Web 2.0

Exceeding your stretch: a conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780632568

1780632568

9781843344377

1843344378

OCLC:

866858528