Library 2.0: the 21St Century Web Based Library Services

Abstract

The information needs by library users are more comprehenslue and unlimited. The aduancement of the technology in past seueral years has enabled libraries to create new serulces those did neuer exist before. This paper defines Library 2.0 as "the applications of lnteractiue, col/aboratiue and web-based technologies to web-based library seruices and collections," and suggests the definition adopted by the library science community. It suggests that recent thinking and describing the changing the role of library in 21st century as Web 2.0 will haue substantial implications for libraries, and recognizes that while these implications keep uery close to the history and mission of libraries, they still necessity of a new paradigm for librarianship in recent era.