Welcome to my Blog. The purpose of this blog is to interact and collaborate with researchers that are interested in the Academic Library's ICT management and development.This is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the ICT Applications in the Library and Information Services course that I am currently doing at the University of the Western Cape.
The use of Web Portals in Academic Libraries according to Zhou 2003 started as early as in 1960s
The World Wide Web (henceforth referred to as the Web) is recognised as the fastest growing publication medium of all time. To stay competitive, it is crucial to stay up to date with technological trends. The Web matures in its own unique way. From the static informative characteristics of Web 1.0, it progressed into the interactive experience Web 2.0 provides. The next phase of Web evolution, Web 3.0, is already in progress. Web 3.0 entails an integrated Web experience where the machine is able to understand and catalogue data in a manner similar to humans (Rudman, Bruwer 2016).
IT (information technology) and its association with communication technology (information
and communication technologies (ICTs)) have changed the way libraries operate. Today,
ICTs play a very important role in the library environment. Traditional library tasks such
as cataloguing, circulation, and collection development, which were performed manually a
few decades ago, have now been automated to a lesser or greater extent (Shongwe 2015).
This is my first post on this project and I still have to get more research and insight on the matter so please do share if you have come across with more recent articles regarding the history, purposes, advantages and disadvantages of Web 3.0 in the library sector.
Bibliography
Rudman, R. and Bruwer, R., 2016. Defining Web 3.0: opportunities and challenges. The Electronic Library, 34(1), pp. 132-154.
Shongwe, M.M., 2015. The Information Technology Influence on LIS Job Descriptions in South Africa. Information Technology for Development, 21(2), pp. 196-204.
Zhou, J., 2003. A history of Web portals and their development in libraries. Information Technology and Libraries, 22(3), pp. 119.
