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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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1 Department of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, India
 

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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Competencies, Library professionals, Tools, Skills, WEB 2.0 or WEB 2.
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  • 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, India
B. S. Swaroop Rani
Department of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, India

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.

Keywords


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

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/sijrs%2F2015%2Fv2i1%2F80085