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Library 2.0 is a new way of providing library services through new Internet technologies, with emphasis on “user-centered” change and interaction. Like Web 2.0, a full-featured Library 2.0 OPAC gets better the more that users are involved in the process of interacting with the catalog and sharing content.
The earliest digital reference services were launched in the mid-1980s, primarily by academic and medical libraries, and provided by e-mail.These early-adopter libraries launched digital reference services for two main reasons: to extend the hours that questions could be submitted to the reference desk, and to explore the potential of campus-wide networks, which at that time was a new technology.
Libraries operate as part of the technological infrastructure that supports the National Research and Education Network (NREN), acting as an electronic safety net for the American public to guarantee basic access to electronic information. Public libraries are in particular capable to take on this role, as they already serve such a role in a ...
North Texas Library Consortium (rural area outside Fort Worth, 17 libraries), PaILS is the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (ILS), over 100 libraries, [18] Pioneer Library System (Upstate New York between Rochester and Syracuse, 42 libraries), Sage Library System (Northeast Oregon, 60 libraries) SCLENDS (South Carolina, 72 libraries)
Libraries often band together in consortia for cooperative resource purchasing and sharing. The International Coalition of Library Consortia , or ICOLC , is an informal group of about 150 such consortia from around the world.
The American Library Association (ALA) and other library groups developed the new act. [2] Many changes occurred with the passage of LSTA. The original act, the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), allocated funds for building construction, but LSTA emphasizes technology. The new priority is the creation of technological infrastructure ...
In 2011, the Fayetteville Free Library in New York state became the first public library to offer a makerspace. [62] Many other libraries, including the Chicago Public Library and Washington DC's MLK Library now offer 3D printing, print presses, rapid prototyping and manufacturing services to patrons.
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