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Web 2.0 and Libraries: Impacts, technologies and trends

Edited by Dave Parkes and Geoff Walton, Staffordshire University, UK

Chandos Information Professional Series

…a useful book that has come just at the right time.
Bulletin des Bibliothèques en France

 - explores the impact of the social and technological aspects of Web 2.0 on libraries and library services
 - draws on empirical research
 - experienced practitioners
 - case studies from practice
 - examines the social dimensions of participatory technology in learning and teaching

In a world where computing power, ubiquity and connectivity create powerful new ways to facilitate learning, this book examines how librarians and information professionals can utilize emerging technologies to expand service and resource delivery. With contributions from leading professionals, including lecturers, librarians and e-learning technologists, this bookl explores strategic approaches for effectively implementing, living with, and managing revolutionary technological change in libraries.

Readership: Information professionals and librarians, students of information science, e-learning and computing, and academics in information science, computing and e-learning.

£47.50 / US$80.00 / €55.00

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About the editors

David Parkes is Associate Director of Information Services at Staffordshire University. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and writes and speaks widely on the provision of information and digital literacy, e-books and emerging technologies to other universities, publishers, academics and other librarians. He sits on the New Media Consortium Horizon Report Project board for 2010, and a number of publisher advisory boards. He has recently undertaken consultancy for the Oxford University Russia Fund to help develop e-book provision in Russian Universities. He is also Head of the Special Collections and Archives and chairs Inspire West Midlands, a co-operative cross-sector access scheme involving all UK primary health care trusts, higher education, further education, public and special libraries in the region.

Geoff Walton is a Subject and Learning Support Librarian and Research Informed teaching (RiT) Project Co-ordinator at Staffordshire University, with specific subject responsibilities for Psychology and Sport & Exercise Science. As RiT Co-ordinator Geoff is involved in identifying synergies between research, teaching, learning, information literacy, e-learning and inquiry-based learning. He is particularly interested in the cognitive processes involved in becoming information literate. His research interests also include developing the online information literacy tool the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK), developing a process for online peer assessment, investigating academic skills needs in undergraduate students and using inquiry-based methods to facilitate learning.

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Contents

PART 1 PLACE
PART 2 PEOPLE
PART 3 TECHNOLOGY
PART 4 CONCLUSION

PART 1 PLACE

The changing teaching and learning environment
Mark Hepworth
 - The cultural and social context
 - The learner
 - The teacher and teaching interventions
 - Tools and technologies
 - Conclusion
 - References

Transforming the library – e-books and e-buildings
Dave Parkes
 - Introduction
 - The book will eat itself – e-books 2.0
 - What e-books could be – the online or networked book
 - The e-book library – not reading but searching
 - Every searcher a book, every book its e-book reader platform
 - Devices and gadgetry
 - E-publish or perish
 - Google Books – the infinite library
 - The future observed
 - If there were no such thing as libraries would we build them today?
 - The connected building
 - References

PART 2 PEOPLE

Online social networking, the e-learning holy grail?
Geoff Walton
 - Introduction
 - Background to the study
 - Pilot study
 - Main study
 - Conclusion
 - References

E-learning models: a Web 2.0 approach to staff development in higher education
Jenny Yorke and Helen Walmsley
 - Best practice models
 - Creating a community
 - Harness collective intelligence
 - Egalitarian participation
 - Social networking
 - Discussion
 - Conclusion
 - References

PART 3 TECHNOLOGY

A deployment strategy for maximising the impact of institutional use of Web 2.0
Brian Kelly
 - Introduction
 - Examples of uses of Web 2.0 services
 - Maximising the impact of Web 2.0 within an organisation
 - Two tribes
 - Case studies
 - A risk assessment toolkit
 - A risks and opportunities framework
 - References

Emerging technologies for learning
David Ley
 - Introduction
 - Web 2.0 and social software
 - Web 3.0?
 - Social software on mobile devices
 - Mobile learning
 - Connectivity
 - The mobile internet
 - Changing society, changing learners
 - Conclusion
 - References

PART 4 CONCLUSION

Meeting the challenge
Liz Hart
 - Introduction
 - Change and connectivity
 - The power of the user
 - Trust and do it yourself
 - Synthesis
 - The smart web
 - Skills full circle
 - Concluding remarks
 - References