Evaluation of Web.2.0 services

As a part of this assignment, I have selected the website of Curtin University of Technology library, Australia. I made a survey of the interface of this library website and I really liked the announcement “The Library is Going Green”.

 

I have noted that  Curtin University of Technology,Australia is a leading university in that country and liked the  interface of the university website. This interface is very attractive and interactive. I also the special features of this website, which I feel has some features of a blog too. Please visit of Technology Library
http://library.curtin.edu.au/index.html

 

 Another attraction is the index. This Index helps patrons know about various items that can be indexed and retrieved. Different resources available are indexed alphabetically.

 

I have noticed under the use of a host of social networking technologies under the heading  service link. Most of these services are either related to social networking tools or interactive tools to expedite communication between library staff and patrons.

 

The following is the list of service links

 

Suggest a book
Submit a document delivery request
Submit an email query
Send an SMS query
Chat online with a librarian
Place, review or cancel a booking for a library workshop
Deposit a paper in espace@Curtin
Renew items on loan, cancel requests/recalls, change your Library password

 

 I have observed that this library uses three important Web.2.0 tools.They are Blogs, Instant messaging and social networking.I will discuss about  these  tools in my next blogs.