User-Generated Content and its Impact On Web-Based Library Services

Informationen zum Autor Kay Cahill is the Website and Community Development Librarian at Vancouver Public Library. With more than 14 years' experience in the library and information profession in the UK and Canada! she is a leading advocate for the strategic implementation of new web technologies to enhance library services. She has been published in a number of professional journals on topics including assistive technology in libraries! the impact of Google! and the changing nature of the information profession. Klappentext Examines the impact of user-generated content on web-based library services. It begins with an overview of Web 2.0 tools and technologies! and a brief look at the emerging semantic tools of Web 3.0 and their implications for libraries. Zusammenfassung Examines the impact of user-generated content on web-based library services. It begins with an overview of Web 2.0 tools and technologies! and a brief look at the emerging semantic tools of Web 3.0 and their implications for libraries. Inhaltsverzeichnis The information environment; A dialogue! not a lecture: libraries as online communities; A changing world; Drinking from the firehose; Controlling the firehose; Conclusion.

Klappentext

Examines the impact of user-generated content on web-based library services. It begins with an overview of Web 2.0 tools and technologies, and a brief look at the emerging semantic tools of Web 3.0 and their implications for libraries.

Inhalt

The information environment; A dialogue, not a lecture: libraries as online communities; A changing world; Drinking from the firehose; Controlling the firehose; Conclusion.