PAPER ID:IJIM/Vol. 10 (VIII)December/47-50/10

AUTHOR: Dr. Avhad P. E.

TITLE: COPYRIGHT ISSUE AND DIGITAL LIBRARIES

ABSTRACT: Over the years technologies have brought a dramatic change in every field, and libraries are also changed accordingly. Today’s library is a transformed space that exceeds it’s physical boundaries reaches into cyberspace. Use of Web 2.0 applications enable users to participate in creating publishing content. Users could share their ideas with others via blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It reflects not just new technologies but the changing relationship between librarians and users. Just like how library 2.0 replaced its predecessor, we are again on the verge of transformation, Now new emerging technologies such as web 3.0 and semantic web transform the Internet from network of information to a network of knowledge and services. It introduced new techniques organising content and new tools for collect, interpret, and add meaning and structure to information. In other words, the web becomes smarter than before. In order to acquire a better perspective to as. what the technology will be available in web 3.0 and therefore in Library 3.0. The paper take historical glance at the previous generations of libraries and Web (Library 1.0 and Library 2.0), presents an overviews of web 3.0 from the point of view of their applicability in libraries. It emphasizes the potential and possibilities to provide services in web environment/ virtual environment

KEYWORDS : Web 3.0, Library 3.0, Semantic web, QR code, Mobile libraries, Cloud computing

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