Library 2.0 or Library III: returning to leadership

Abstract

With the advent of what has been referred to as 'Web 2.0' in 2004, libraries

Archives, Libraries and Museums in the Contemporary Society: Perspectives of the Professionals

“…The tendency is especially typical in the ALM literature (e.g. Nesta & Mi, 2011;Pastore, 2009). Earlier comparisons of the priorities of the librarians and library users have showed in several instances that the professionals tend to place a significantly greater emphasis on the necessity and beneficiality of the new technology whereas library users tend to emphasise books as the major asset of libraries (Rosa et al, 2011;Sinikara, 2007;Wagman, 2011).…”

“…For instance, the major proponents of the recently popular notion of Library 2.0, Casey and Savastinuk (2007) perceive their primary task to be to get more people into the libraries. Similar priorities are dominating in a large part of the marketing and outreach-oriented ALM literature (e.g., Ambrose & Paine, 2006;Cerquetti, 2010;Nesta & Mi, 2011;Singh, 2009;Smith, 2003).…”

Towards an understanding of the participatory library

“…The term Library 2.0 is criticised for its ambiguity limitations in the discussion of user--inclusive Web services (Lankes, et al, 2007). Similarly, a study by Nesta and Mi (2011) finds that the adoption by the public of "Library 2.0" has been low and they suggest that librarians should look towards a new version of the library by developing new linkages with semantic web tools.…”

“…However, the Library 2.0 term is likely to be dated (or will be dated soon). Some scholars have mentioned or discussed alternative and new terms such as "hyperlinked library" (Stephens & Collins, 2007), "Library 3.0" (Evans, 2009;Kenefick & Werner, 2008;Saw & Todd, 2007), "Library 4.0" (Saw & Todd, 2007), and "Library II" and "Library III" (Nesta & Mi, 2011). The term Library 2.0 is criticised for its ambiguity limitations in the discussion of user--inclusive Web services (Lankes, et al, 2007).…”

Research on Utilization of Library Website Digital Resources based on Web

“…Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 are not radical departures from the past and that social networking tools have little relevancy or user take-up in the context of academic libraries [8].…”