Title: Global Imperative of Web 2.0 And 3.0 Technologies in Modern Libraries for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Nigerian Libraries.
Author(s): Yakubu Attahiru Liman and Umar Shuaibu
Publication Year: 2020; Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 55-64

This paper discusses the Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies as a platform in providing effectivernservices in contemporary libraries for sustainable development in enhancing quick informationrnto users. An exploratory approach through extensive review of related literatures was adoptedrnfor this study. Seven elements of digital media were adopted as the theoretical guide. Thernliterature indicates that the conventional concept of library has continue to witnessed globalrnphenomenon that is rapidly paving way to a digitalvirtual space where users can accessrncommunicate and contribute to existing knowledge without limitation to space and time.rnModern libraries are gradually utilizing web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies to offer on the spotrnlibrary services to users. These are made possible with the presence of social networking sitesrnsuch as Facebook Myspace and Wiki etc. which provide interactive platform for users tornaccess and generate information content for effective information service delivery. The paperrnexamines the global imperatives of web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies in modern libraries. Variousrnchallenges confronting web 2.0 technologies in Nigerian libraries were discussed.rnOpportunities of web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies in Nigerian libraries were also examined in thernpaper. The paper concludes that web 2.0 and 3.0 has become an imperative for the developmentrnof libraries and for effective and efficient information service delivery. The paperrnrecommended that it is imperatives for the government to provide adequate training and retrainingrnto librarians and other library staff in handling various web 2.0 and 3.0 technologiesrnin the provision of adequate information service delivery.