Library2.0

I checked out one of the suggested Resources : Library 2.0 – an academic’s perspective and came across an interesting concept – social scholarship – by Laura Cohen This involves a researcher in sharing the research process such as the early stages of developing the topic, collaborating with ’soft peer review’ – more like an academic conversation with colleagues, and sharing useful resources and sites. Laura also pinpointed mobile technologies as important near-future factor, suggesting library websites offer mobile options.

Library 2.0 can be more than librarians enabling multi-way communication between users, collections, library services and library staff.
We could also take up the challenge of the harder edge (thanks Terry) and see how the more technical aspects of 2.0 could help us provide push technologies that support new forms of scholarship and the increasing mobility of communications. Kindle – Amazon’s wireless eREADER – is a start. True personalisation is another.