READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Proceedings of READIT-2009, Kalpakkam - 603 102, 29-30 Dec 2009
discussions long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal
relationships”. An email distribution list may have hundreds of members and the
communication which takes place may be merely informational (questions and answers are
posted), but members may remain relative strangers and the membership turnover rate could
be high. This is in line with the liberal use of the term community.
The future of libraries will be a digital one, where the successful librarian will be
flexible, adaptable, and multi-skilled in order to survive in an environment of constant and
rapid change. Drivers for change will require this new generation of librarians to navigate not
only new technologies as well as understanding their users’ behaviour, but ultimately
themselves.
5. HOW IT WILL WORK?
To understand, how does web 3.0 works, we have to speak about the technologies.
The first step is, show an example: so, just imagine, to understand each other, we need a
language. So one of the most important part of the language are the words. online, we
describe things with XML we can’t understand words alone. We also need grammar, it is
RDF we can define concepts and make simple relations between them, RDF Scheme but
RDFS is limited. A language needs more expression and logic to make good reasoning
possible, OWL (Web Ontology Language) we needs rules too:
SWRL (Semantic Web Rule Language) and the other technologies:
URI
SPARQL (Protocol and query language),
XDI
XRI
API
OAUTH
6. HOW SHOULD BE LIBRARIAN 3.0?
Institutionalization – Creating the right culture. Flexible hours and attractive salaries, without
micromanagement while encouraging working in teams and individual praise and recognition
for their accomplishment. The key to retaining these employees is the quality of relationships
they have with their managers - Gen X and Y's see their work demand a better balance in
their work and personal lives.
Innovation – Doing things differently – Innovative services will mean taking-the-service to
the clients.
Imagination – Changing the rules. Collaboration with a wide range of information providers,
where rethinking of the catalogue means it is no longer relevant in its current form – the
catalogue should be a “one-stop shop” for searching resources, providing access beyond local
collections, and to different types of resources in a seamless way
Ideation – A Culture that encourages ideas – In creating the appropriate working
environment, it is necessary to be also supported by professional associations.
Inspiration – Doing things differently – As competition increases for the future workforce,
ongoing professional development as opposed to formal training in a library school is
necessary. Already free web-based instruction similar to the popular Five Weeks to a Social
Library are already popping up.
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