Conclusion

Technological advancements have necessitated a paradigm shift in the services offered by librarians and he /she is no more confined to the traditional jobs of cataloging and classification . Librarian has to play instructional role in academic libraries, knowledge management role in special libraries and has to demonstrate customer skills and public relation skills in Public libraries. In addition to these, he/she may have to involve in preparing to business agreement with software companies or with collaborating institutions in electronic networks like BC Electronic Network

Librarian can also utilize a host of Web.2.0 tools and services to reach more patrons and to improve the quality of services for the patrons in the emerging information society. Thus it can be concluded that web 2.0 technologies play an important role in the socialization of library services through social networking and social softwares like Blogs.