Social Libraries: The New Generation of Libraries in Interacting with and Paralleling the Web 2.0 Movement

Document Type : Research ŮŽ Article

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1 M.A. in Library and Information Science; Library manager at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. student in Library and Information Science; Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Objective: In the present paper some of the concepts that gave rise to the new generation of the web, and their impact on libraries and librarianship are discussed. Furthermore, concepts such as Library 2.0, as a social and participative library, as well as librarian 2.0 are also discussed.
Methodology: the library method was used in this research and the required information was collected through the study of resources and by searching for articles on websites and in databases of relevant literature.
Findings: As many librarians have come to understand, Web 2.0 and libraries are a matching pair. Generally, Library 2.0 has brought about fundamental shifts in librarianship. Library 2.0 corroborates the notion that human beings do not search and use information as individuals, but rather as communities.
Conclusion: Since we grow increasingly dependent on technology and the Internet, Library 2.0 is simply an approach by which libraries can be kept attractive for society. Looking back and comparing early libraries with today's libraries we can see that there have been many changes. While being gradual, all of these changes have resulted from confrontations with variant expectations and needs and from a corresponding prevention of failing to meet them.

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Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
Volume 22, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
85
June 2011
Pages 110-124

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  • Receive Date: 30 December 2008
  • Revise Date: 05 May 2015
  • Accept Date: 21 April 2009

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