Already libraries are creating RSS feeds for users to subscribe to, including updates on new items in a collection, new services, and new content in subscription databases.
hybrid applications, where two or more technologies or services are conflated into a completely new, novel service.
personalized OPAC that includes access to IM, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, tags, and public and private profiles within the library's network.
Maness, J. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and its Implications for Libraries. Webology, 3(2). Retrieved from http://webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html
O'Reilly, T. (2005, September 30). What Is Web 2.0 - O'Reilly Media. Retrieved September 10, 2010, from http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html
To discover how Tim O'Reilly originally conceptualised Web 2.0, please read the following explanation. Do not worry too much about understanding every web tool mentioned or all the technical processes. Do pay particular attention to the discussion of RSS on page 3 and the different ways that users relate to the web in this vision.
If you’ve used any of the popular Web 2.0 services over the past few years (e.g. Gmail, Wikipedia, Flickr or Twitter), you already have some experience with cloud computing
Like water and electricity, a computing cloud is a communally-shared resource that you lease on a metered basis, paying for as little or as much as you need, when you need it
As individuals and members of organizations, we’re already choosing between desktop applications and cloud applications when it comes to e-mail, RSS, file storage, word processing and other simple applications. Sooner or later we’ll have to make this choice for mission-critical enterprise applications too
Libraries may soon be building and managing their own data centers.
For more practical, technical explanations of cloud computing, check out
the Wikipedia article
the Anatomy of Cloud Computing
the MIT Technology Review Briefing on Cloud Computing.
For a discussion of problems and concerns about the digital cloud, read:
How Secure is Cloud Computing?
Security in the Ether
Industry Challenges: The Standards Question