Social Media, Web 2.0 and Library 2.0Web 2.0 is the name given to a variety of websites, networks and applications on the internet which allow and encourage user participation.
Web 2.0 is also called Social Media, or Library 2.0.
User participation on Web 2.0 can take many forms, but all retain the basic idea that content is provided by users.
For example, Facebook.
Libraries are increasingly using Social media themselves. This may be to engage clients, or to encourage them to participate or share. This might mean - for example - allowing readers to leave ratings or reviews on the records of books on the library catalogue.
Another way Libraries are using Web 2.0 is to create content. In this way Libraries are becoming publishers, as well as providors of content. This may involve creating an online gallery of local history photos for example. Or creating a blog to inform new users of popular new titles, or current events.
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