The Implications of Information Democracy and Digital Socialism for Public Libraries

摘要: In these times, public libraries in many countries have increasingly come under pressure from developments within the information landscape. Thus, not least because of massive digitization resources, proliferation and popularity search engines, particular Google, booming technologies Web 2.0, find themselves a very complex situation. fact, easy-to-use 2.0 challenge basic principles services provision undertaken by libraries. The new digital environment social software tools such as blogs, wikis networking sites fuelled discussion future providers. After all there seems to be need for reorient their aims objectives redefine service identity. At same time especially are coming scrutiny. analysis results referred show that conception underlying purpose Google differ those Further, an increasing amount criticism is being directed at collaborative spaces (typically Wikipedia) networks (e.g. MySpace) it pointed out media innocent unproblematic. discussing survival devising updated role age media, attention should given fleshing vision library provider alternative institution supporting democracy.