Web 2.0 and Libraries
Impacts, Technologies and Trends

Dave Parkes (Edited by), Geoff Walton (Edited by)

9781843343462, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 28 April 2010

208 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg

"…a useful book that has come just at the right time." --Bulletin des Bibliothèques en France

In a world where computing power, ubiquity and connectivity create powerful new ways to facilitate learning, this book examines how librarians and information professionals can utilize emerging technologies to expand service and resource delivery. With contributions from leading professionals, including lecturers, librarians and e-learning technologists, this bookl explores strategic approaches for effectively implementing, living with, and managing revolutionary technological change in libraries.

Part 1 Place: The changing teaching and learning environment
Transforming the library – e-books and e-buildings. Part 2 People: Online social networking, the e-learning holy grail? E-Learning models: A Web 2.0 approach to staff development in higher education. Part 3 Technology: A deployment strategy for maximising the impact of institutional use of Web 2.0
Emerging technologies for learning. Part 4 Conclusion: Meeting the challenge.

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