FOR RELEASE APRIL 16, 2007

Web 2.0 and what it means to libraries

Pew Internet data and findings related to Web 2.0 applications and activities.

BY Lee Rainie

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Pew Research Center, April 2007, "Web 2.0 and what it means to libraries"

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Web 2.0 and what it means to libraries

Pew Internet data and findings related to Web 2.0 applications and activities.

This presentation contains the latest data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project related to Web 2.0 applications and activities online. It also goes through the implications for libraries and suggests several issues related to Web 2.0 that librarians might help sort out.