Abstract:
It is a long time ago that information scientists predicted Web 2.0 services and technologies are going to affect libraries. Now it's not the time to debate on pros and cons of these. The task at the moment is to explore innovative methods of using these for libraries. This field being developed parallel to Web 2.0 is termed Library 2.0. Chat programs like Yahoo Messenger. Google Talk and Skype, Social Networking Systems like Facebook, and Ning. Virtual Reality Applications like Second Life and tools like Wikis, Blogs, and RSS are already linked together with library websites, The issue here is who is going to take the responsibility for adopting Web 2.0 to your library. This paper describes why and how we should incorporate Library 2.0 into the routine programs of librarians.
