Skills of New Genre Librarians: An Exploratory Survey of WEB 2.0 Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in Trichy

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Authors

  • X. Mercy Angelin
     Department of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy ,IN
  • B. S. Swaroop Rani
     Department of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15613/sijrs/2015/v2i1/80085

Keywords:

Competencies, Library professionals, Tools, Skills, WEB 2.0 or WEB 2.

Abstract

The profession of librarianship and the field of LIS have been in perpetual state of flux. Today the buzz word in the technology is 'WEB 2.0' which facilitated today's libraries to be more dynamic institutions. WEB 2.0 is the prevalent term for advanced Internet tools and tenders including blogs, Wikis, RSS and Social book marking. The population comprised librarians from Arts and Science colleges in Trichy district Affiliated to Bharathidasan University. A structured questionnaire was adapted as device for data collection. Most of the professionals expressed a positive attitude towards the application of WEB 2.0 in academic libraries.

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Published

2015-06-01

Issue

Volume 2, Issue 1, January-June 2015

Section

Library and Information Science

 

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