Library 3.0
Intelligent Libraries and Apomediation

Library 3.0 offers a fresh, optimistic but balanced look at the potential of the social networking tools focusing on the characteristics of the dotcom user and the role of librarians as 'Apomediators.'

Tom Kwanya (Author), Christine Stilwell (Author), Peter Underwood (Author)

9781843347187

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2014

190 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.3 cm, 0.25 kg

The emerging generation of research and academic library users expect the delivery of user-centered information services. ‘Apomediation’ refers to the supporting role librarians can give users by stepping in when users need help. Library 3.0 explores the ongoing debates on the “point oh? phenomenon and its impact on service delivery in libraries. This title analyses Library 3.0 and its potential in creating intelligent libraries capable of meeting contemporary needs, and the growing role of librarians as apomediators. Library 3.0 is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces and places the topic in context. The second chapter considers “point oh? libraries. The third chapter covers library 3.0 librarianship, while the final chapter explores ways libraries can move towards ‘3.0'.

• About the authors
• 1: Introduction
  • Abstract
  • 1.1. Current issues and emerging trends in academic and research librarianship
  • 1.2. Drivers of and barriers to change in libraries and librarianship
  • 1.3. The modern academic and research library user
  • 1.4. The future of academic and research librarianship
• 2: ‘Point oh’ libraries
  • Abstract
  • 2.1. Advances in web technology: webs 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0
  • 2.2. ‘Point oh’ libraries
  • 2.3. Change in libraries: evolution or revolution?
  • 2.4. Reality check: the ‘point oh’ situation in research and academic libraries
• 3: Library 3.0
  • Abstract
  • 3.1. Library 3.0 principles
  • 3.2. Comparing Library 3.0 with the other library service models
  • 3.3. The potential of Library 3.0 for research and academic libraries
• 4: Library 3.0 librarianship
  • Abstract
  • 4.1. Core competencies of ‘Librarian 3.0’
  • 4.2. Core competencies of users in Library 3.0
  • 4.3. Apomediation in the Library 3.0 context
  • 4.4. Research and academic librarians as apomediaries
• 5: Becoming 3.0
  • Abstract
  • 5.1. Library 3.0 in reality
  • 5.2. Library 3.0 tools and resources
  • 5.3. Realising Library 3.0: the roles of users, librarians, professional associations and professional education
• Index

Subject Areas: Library & information services [GLM], Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]