Social Libraries

Authors

  • Stephen Abram

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.52n2.19

Abstract

The author shares his thoughts on the future of libraries and librarianship in the context of the emerging importance and impact of Web 2.0 and social computing.

References

Cluetrain Manifesto, www.cluetrain.comnWikipedia, Web 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0nSee Tim Berners-Lee’s Web site, www.w3.org/People/Berners-LeenWeb 2.0 Portal, About Web 2.0, http://webtwopointzeroportal.com/_wsn/page2.htmln

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Published

2011-04-29

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2008): April

Section

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