The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, user-centered design and collaboration on the Web. A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.
Library 2.0 is a model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. The focus is on user-centered change and participation in the creation of content and community. The concept of Library 2.0 borrows from that of Web 2.0 and follows some of the same underlying philosophies. This includes online services like the use of OPAC systems and flow of information from the user back to the library. Some people are saying that with the advent of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0, the libraries as existed today are no longer needed in the future. However, no matter how advanced the web based future library looks like, a library that is located physically in a community will still be needed. People in the community will go to the library as a gathering place for programs and meetings, go to the library to browse the shelves for books (rather than a list of book titles in an online catalog) that happen to strike their fancy, much like window shopping in a mall or department store. Also, not all people in a community will have Web 2 level knowledge to do everything online, and we never want to forget those people.
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