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- Title
Implementation of Web 2.0 services in academic, medical and research libraries: a scoping review.
- Authors
Gardois, Paolo; Colombi, Nicoletta; Grillo, Gaetano; Villanacci, Maria C.
- Abstract
Background: Academic, medical and research libraries frequently implement Web 2.0 services for users. Several reports notwithstanding, characteristics and effectiveness of services are unclear. Objectives: To find out: the Web 2.0 services implemented by medical, academic and research libraries; study designs, measures and types of data used in included articles to evaluate effectiveness; whether the identified body of literature is amenable to a systematic review of results. Methods: Scoping review mapping the literature on the topic. Searches were performed in 19 databases. Inclusion criteria: research articles in English, Italian, German, French and Spanish (publication date ≥2006) about Web 2.0 services for final users implemented by academic, medical and research libraries. Reviewers' agreement was measured by Cohen's kappa. From a data set of 6461 articles, 255 (4%) were coded and analysed. Results: Conferencing/chat/instant messaging, blogging, podcasts, social networking, wikis and aggregators were frequently examined. Services were mainly targeted at general academic users of English-speaking countries. Conclusions: Data prohibit a reliable estimate of the relative frequency of implemented Web 2.0 services. Case studies were the prevalent design. Most articles evaluated different outcomes using diverse assessment methodologies. A systematic review is recommended to assess the effectiveness of such services.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC libraries; APPLICATION software; CINAHL database; DATABASE searching; ELECTRONIC publishing; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; INTERNET; LIBRARY science; MEDICAL libraries; MEDLINE; ONLINE information services; SERIAL publications; SOCIAL networks; WORLD Wide Web; ELECTRONIC publications; BLOGS; LIBRARY public services; DATA analysis software; MEDICAL coding
- Publication
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 2, p90
- ISSN
1471-1834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-1842.2012.00984.x