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What is Web 2.0.

Chapter 20
Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries
Web 2.0 is the second stage of development of the Internet, characterized especially by the change from static web pages to dynamic or user-generated content and the growth of social media. Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online.
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Social Bookmarking Tools and Digital Libraries
Adeyinka Tella (University of Ilorin, Nigeria), Victoria Okojie (University of Abuja, Nigeria), and O. T. Olaniyi (Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch020
Abstract
Digital libraries use the semantic web and social networking technologies to improve browsing and searching for resources. With digital libraries' social and semantic services, every library user has the opportunity to bookmark interesting books, articles, or other materials in semantically annotated directories. Social bookmarking is indispensable to digital libraries. This chapter discusses some of the popular social bookmarks adopted in the digital libraries, the important requirements for including social bookmarking in a digital library system, the design principles of social bookmarks, features of social bookmarking tools, digital libraries and links with social bookmarking, social tagging, social bookmark and digital libraries, advantages and disadvantages of social tagging in digital libraries. The chapter highlights tips that users need to consider when using social bookmarking in digital libraries. The authors conclude that projecting into the future, it is expected that, more digital libraries will incorporate social bookmarking to enhance collaboration among their users.
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Social Media Engagement: Reshaping the Consumption Patterns of Generation Y Caribbean and Latin American Consumers
The transition of the internet from a one-directional tool of communication to a multi-directional avenue due to social networks, blogs and wikis among others. The key feature of Web 2.0 is the collaborative nature of the media between internet users.
Published in Chapter: Social Media Engagement: Reshaping the Consumption Patterns of Generation Y Caribbean and Latin American Consumers; From: Handbook of Research on Consumerism and Buying Behavior in Developing Nations
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