1. Use of web 2.0 in Library RSS Feeds It is a Web 2.0 utility to provide constant updates to a subscriber about newly added contents in the web-links Expanded as "Really Simple Syndication“ For bloggs: Drupal www.drupal.org/www.drupal.org Plone www.plone.org/www.plone.org/ Blogglines www.blogglines.com/www.blogglines.com/ For websites : feedyes www.feedyes.comwww.feedyes.com Ponyfish, Linkrss, Publish, Hit RSS, igoogle,my yahoo

2. Use of RSS Feeds in Library List of new additions of books and non book materials Arrival of latest issues of journals Newly started library services Schedules of library awareness programmes Announcements and messages to readers

3. Use of web 2.0 in Library Weblogs Weblog or Blog is a platform initiated by an individual to obtain opinions and feedbacks on a particular subject Example : Phil Bradley’s Blog on web 2.0 Special features: 1.Weblogs are personal, 2.Currency is important 3.They respond and are collaborative 4.Weblogs are chronological 5.Subject is king

4. Use of web 2.0 in Library Weblogs :Utilities Blogger www.blogger.com/startwww.blogger.com/start Live Journal www.livejournal.com/www.livejournal.com/ Type pad www.typepad.com/index-2htmlwww.typepad.com/index-2html Movable type,Expression Engine, Text pattern For searching blogs : www.bloggssearcg.google.com www.bloggssearcg.google.com

5. Use of Weblogs in Library Conduct use and user’s surveys Assess Library needs of readers Evaluate Library collections Assess Effectiveness of library services Obtain feed backs and suggestions

6. Use of web 2.0 in Library Wikis Wiki is an online creative open web page. It is an online information source created through collaboration of people Example: Wikipedia Spl. Features: Creating information source,make additions to it or replacing old information, and Use of multimedia animations in it.

7. Use of web 2.0 in Library Wiki Creating tools Never again(Community and library portals) www.neveragain.epov/never_again:community_portal www.neveragain.epov.org/never_again/library Other Tools :Wikipedia,Wikifarms,wikispaces,bluewikis and editme Use of Wiki in library: Creating library wikis on various subjects

8. Use of Web 2.0 in library Steaming Media Instead of only matter Incorporating other medias in homework means Streaming Media. Attending web class work along with audio, video and animations on the web. Students use flash programming,screen casts streamed with audio, video and animation media. Used effectively in teaching information literacy skills

9. Use of Streaming Media in Library Preparing Library Orientation Programmes Designing Library/Bibliographic Instructions Planning Computer assisted Instructions Programmes E-resources Use awareness programmes

10. Use web 2.0 in Library Instant Messaging(IM) It is an advanced e-chatting system Chatting system Available on web itself Involves co-browsing, file sharing, Screen capturing, Datasets, audio/video clippings and Link sharing IM Tools : MSN/Yahoo Messenger Google Talk AOL, Trillian, Gaim and Fire Mebo, chatpartrol and asknow- Library IMs

11. Use of Web 2.0 in Library Tagging Tagging facilitates selecting his/her own subject headings while searching information resources and library OPACs and storing them metadata Tagging tools: Furl,dec.icio.us Folk taxonomy or folxconomy Other tools: Drupal,joomla,flicker,youtube

12. Use of web 2.0 in Library Social Networking It is a web tool for social cause or a collaborative platform for people working in a single field It facilitates knowledge and experience sharing Usage: Book Review Clubs,Friends of Library, Business Chambers, Departmental Clubs and Residential Associations and Library user groups(Facilitates to share experience of use of resources and library) Examples: My space, face-book Tools: Yahoogroup,Delicious,Technorati and blogtronics

13. Use of Web 2.0 in Library Twitter Useful tool for send-out(tweets) free messages up to 180 characters on web Best tool to conduct opinion poles or to gather feedbacks/ news items, discuss new concepts and ideas Web tool : www.twitter/com Library usage: Estblish contacts with users and to send alerts to readers within library

14. Use of Web 2.0 in Library Social Bookmarking It is basically a method of organising our Bookmarked Web pages. In preset technology we can either bookmark or preserve in favorites the web pages which we frequently browse through. In web 2.0 it becomes very convenient to do this. Not only we can organise our link-list of book marked web pages but we can access them from anywhere.

15. Tools for and use of Social book marking in Library Social Bookmarking Tools: Furl www.furl.netwww.furl.net Delicious or del.icio.us www.delicious.comwww.delicious.com Cite-u-like, connotea, Diigo, blinklist,spurl and Yahoo! My web. Use in Library: User can bookmark web-links of information sources like e-Journals, e-books and e-databases and open access journals.

16. Flicker, Flapper & Mashups Flicker is a tool to handle works in the form of photos, pictures and animations collection www.flicker.com Flapper is another tool to organise digital map collections www.flicker.com/map Mashups –Provides collective effects of most of all web 2.0 utilities in combining two or more web sites in one

17. Start-page & Podcasting Start Page: This is method of customizing our own browser page Tools: Pageflakes, netvibes, escobo,My web desktop Podcasting : This is technique of recording work in authors own voice. Podcast is an important literary form in library collection Podcasting Tool: www.podcasts.yahoo.com

18. Organise One’s Own Search Engine This facilitates to overcome all the limitations of normally used search engines In this process one can first select a set of search engine and then carryout searching Tools: Rollyo www.rollyo.comwww.rollyo.com Pssi www.pssdir.comwww.pssdir.com Yahoo search buider,Eurekste and Google coustom search engine

19. Use of web 2.0 in Library A futuristic View With availability of web 2.0 utilities in library it will bring transforming change in use of library. Presently with proliferation of e- resources foot falls of readers in library are reducing,which is a bothering problem to us However with use of web 2.0 we would find more readers on virtual library than physically and we need now to consider number of users on library webpage while assessing use of library

20. Let Us Understand and Start Using More and More Web 2.0 Utilities In Library management Thank You ! Contact details: E-mail: phadke@iitb.ac.in phone Nos.: 022-25768922,0251-2472983 9869786186