The most well know wiki is Wikipedia, a innovative world encyclopedia than anyone can edit. Wiki is Hawaiian for hurry hurry, and adopted by the computer world, wiki being a webpage that anyone can edit, add to. Simply it's a collaborative website, very much in tune with Web 2.0's interactivity.
Wiki's being a 2 way street of information have their pro's and con's. The good part being that anyone with or information on a subject can add their knowledge to the "pool." The con is that unverified or unaccredited information sometimes gets through. The user therefore needs to use caution when searching for reference on a wiki.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Where will the next generation Web take libraries?
In this article by Tom Storey, Web 2.0 is described perfectly the "principles of simplicity, rich interactivity, user participation, collective intelligence, self-service, novel and remixed content—Flickr, MySpace, FaceBook, del.icio.us, YouTube, LibraryThing—to name a few."
Way back in the mid '90's, no not 1895, but around 1995 when one would use the internet, myself included, would just visit a few pages, find pictures, and check email. In retrospect there was not much interactivity. It was more a one way street of information flooding towards you.
Today, the internet is more dominant in our daily lives. Major institutions, business, school, and political now offer services via the internet. But more than that, such sites as Twitter and Facebook, we are uploading our own information. And then others can add to them. Now the information superhighway is 2 lanes. Can't wait for Web 3.0?
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