Building Library 3.0: Issues in Creating a Culture of Participation (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

Evans, Woody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843344971 ISBN 13: 9781843344971

Publisher: Chandos Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Written for information professionals and librarians trying to implement and manage Web 2.0 in their physical and online collections, Building Library 3.0 pays careful attention to the implementation of social web applications, mobile computing, and RFID and QR Code technology. The book details both how to make these technologies work for libraries and also explores why libraries must gain ground in the important new territories of Web 2.0. The changing relationships between information seekers, the information being sought, and the professional information gatekeepers is of great importance in this change, and this book explains both the use of the technology to reach information seeking communities, and the profound ways in which such relationships will change the nature of librarianship.

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About the Author

Woody Evans is a librarian at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates. As a librarian and private researcher, he has worked for military, corporate, and academic organizations. He has written for American Libraries, Library Journal, Searcher, ONLINE, Information Today, and others. His current research interests include the cultural aspects of information seeking and evaluation. Contact him through woodyevans.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843344971
• ISBN 13: 9781843344971
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210