International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science

Vol. 3(8), pp. 219–225, August, 2015. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2015.041

Full Length Research

Use of Web 2.0 by Library Professionals in Tamil Nadu

D.Chinnadurai¹ and Dr.S.Dhanavandan²

¹Deputy Librarian, Kalasalingam University, Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil – 626 126. Virudhunagar Dist. Tamil Nadu. India. E-mail: chinnaduraikd@yahoo.co.in

²Assistant Librarian, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram. Dindigul Dist.

Accepted 25 August 2015

Web 2.0 technologies have gained increased popularity over the last decade. They have transformed user engagement on the World Wide Web and have made inroads in education. However, adoption of these technologies by library professional is good sign and it shows healthy competition in digital environment. The study tries to find out that how the library professionals are using the web technologies for their personal work and library service. This research paper clearly pictured that majority of the library professional in Tamil Nadu state having awareness and knowledge about social networking sites and web tools like Blogs, RSS, Social Book Marking, Podcasting, Wikis, Facebook, flickr, LinkedIn etc. The result of the study is encouraging the library professional in use of web technologies in libraries service.

Key Words: Web 2.0 tools, Web Technologies, Blogs, RSS, Library Professionals, Tamil Nadu.


 

Cite This Article As: Chinnadurai D, Dhanavandan S (2015). Use of Web 2.0 by Library Professionals in Tamil Nadu. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 3(8): 219-225.

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