This is a conference paper presented in United Intitute of Technology, Coimbatore, India

1. Dr R Sevukan
Associate professor & Head
Pondicherry University
Sri Amudha S
Research Scholar
Pondicherry University

2. Digital Natives – the alarm!
 Collection based services User based services.
 Unstable user needs.
 Change in the user needs – Alarm or Indicator!
 Web 2.0 – two way communication – interaction
 Digital immigrants Digital natives

3. What next???
Do we need a library???
Will Librarians survive???

4. Know thy user
 Identify and understand the user and the user needs.
 Implement web 2.0 tools & techniques in Library Portal.
 Social Networks - Facebook, MySpace, Twitter.
 Altmetrics, Impact Story – Big Data.

5. Altmetrics

7. Understanding User needs
Popular
collections
Document
Format
Web 2.0
Difficult Areas
Web 2.0
Web 2.0

8. Reaching inside Class Rooms
 Hosting E – Learning in library portal.
 E – Learning portal should facilitate collaboration and
information sharing rather than listing the organized
collection of digital content.
 ‘Watch - Read -Write - Learn’ library portal.
 Implementing E- Learning is an indirect way of marketing
information or marketing the library perhaps.

9. E learning materials
E-Learning environment may include materials like
 YouTube videos,
 digital books,
 Web conference facility,
 Mashups,
 Documents containing key points
 any ICT tool..
Example
 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

10. E- learning features (Moodle)
 Assignment submission
 discussion forum,
 grading,
 online news and announcement,
 online quiz,
 files download

11. Features in E - learning portal
(Coursera)

12. E-learning = CMS + LMS
 CMS – Content Management Software (academic)
Examples : Blackboard,
WebCT,
Moodle…
 LMS – Learning Management Software (work place)
Examples: NetDimensions EKP,
Saba,
SumTotal Systems…

13. Features Comparison

14. Other web 2.0 tools for E-learning
 Turnitin
 Mahara
 Electronic Voting System
Viper is an Open Source alternative for Turnitin.

15. Embracing Open Access
 All the students under one affiliated institution get access
to the same common material
 Institutions having campus and students in different
countries or locations will be able to access the same
content.
 Publishing their Scholarly work will be easy for the Young
Scholars with less domination of senior researchers.

16. Generations of librarians
Librarian Type Services provided Motto
Librarian 1.0 On demand services Owning the information
Librarian 2.o Anticipatory services Providing access to
information
Librarian 3.0 Facilitating services Facilitating collaboration
and customized services

17. Proposed roles of Librarian 3.0
 Subject specialist librarian to provide more
customized service
 A source for issues related to copyright while
handling Green Open Access and Gold Open access.
 Facilitator for publishing Scholarly works and
collaborating among peer users.

18. Conclusion
“Everything is difficult before it is easy”
Librarians will survive with new and innovative roles

19. Thank you!
Questions??
sriamudhas@gmail.com