The web has become the THING everyone is using it or nearly everyone. first it was the tech savvy people or geeks as some people were called, the computers was something only a few people owned like when colour television started not everyone had one now everyone has one and the same goes for computers, then laptops, which are no longer just used for typing up a document, or homework. The web has changed how we do things; you can do your shopping online, your banking you can even talk to a friend or family member who lives across the other side of the world.
With introduction of emails and chat, the way we communicate with each other has changed, then came along social networking making friends with people you have never met.
Technology and the web has slowly crept into our way of life, sometimes without us realizing that it has, it’s in the home, it’s at work and even when you are out and about. Mobile phones, PDAs and laptops have giving us a very mobile life style.
Web 2.0 has brought into the conscience of the business world of how technology and the web if integrated into their services would benefit them and their customers. The young (perhaps not so young) have taken to these new services offered through the web for example there is MySpace, Facebook, RSS feeds, YouTube and many other types of social networks and also blogging they use these to communicate with each other or showcase their likes or dislikes.
Libraries can take advantage of some these new toys (for wont of a better word), RSS feeds to patrons about new additions to the collection, podcasts of events that happen or will happen, Facebook for a pictorial of events, blogging. Perhaps have a community blog to inform about what is happening in their areas or even a Wiki allowing patron to offer suggestion to the library, or create a book discussion online
Web 2.0 or Learning 2.o can bring the library and the community together to make them one, so the Library will no longer be seen has just a place that hold books but a place for the community and the Library to become partners for the future development of all.
With introduction of emails and chat, the way we communicate with each other has changed, then came along social networking making friends with people you have never met.
Technology and the web has slowly crept into our way of life, sometimes without us realizing that it has, it’s in the home, it’s at work and even when you are out and about. Mobile phones, PDAs and laptops have giving us a very mobile life style.
Web 2.0 has brought into the conscience of the business world of how technology and the web if integrated into their services would benefit them and their customers. The young (perhaps not so young) have taken to these new services offered through the web for example there is MySpace, Facebook, RSS feeds, YouTube and many other types of social networks and also blogging they use these to communicate with each other or showcase their likes or dislikes.
Libraries can take advantage of some these new toys (for wont of a better word), RSS feeds to patrons about new additions to the collection, podcasts of events that happen or will happen, Facebook for a pictorial of events, blogging. Perhaps have a community blog to inform about what is happening in their areas or even a Wiki allowing patron to offer suggestion to the library, or create a book discussion online
Web 2.0 or Learning 2.o can bring the library and the community together to make them one, so the Library will no longer be seen has just a place that hold books but a place for the community and the Library to become partners for the future development of all.
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