Web 2.0 and Its Potential for the Library Community
Kathy Collier speaking about developments at
the ANU Library
Photo: Jake Wallis, Charles Sturt University
In late November the National Library hosted a Web 2.0 seminar organised by the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University.
A range of speakers explored issues associated with Web 2.0 technologies and the expectations of library users who’ve grown up with the Web. Libraries are reaching out to users and interacting with them through catalogue innovations, podcasts, wikis, interactive websites and social networking sites. The speakers included representatives from the National Library, the Australian National University, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Parliamentary Library, PTG Global, Charles Sturt University and the National Film and Sound Archive.
The program for the event, which has links to Powerpoint and audio files of the presentations, is available at www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/web2prog.html.
Sandra Henderson
Executive Support