Sowing the seeds : towards reaping a harvest using social web applications in Nanyang Technological University Library

• Main Authors: Nurhazman Abdul Aziz, Chia, Yew Boon, Loh, Hazel
• Other Authors: World Library and Information Congress: IFLA General Conference and Assembly (76th : 2010 : Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Academic libraries; DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Technologies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91445; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6450; http://www.ifla.org/ifla76
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we share why and how Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Library has explored and implemented Web 2.0 technologies extensively to reach out to our users using a range of social web tools such as blogs, share this widget, library toolbar and RSS feeds as well as online services like Facebook, Flickr, and Google Analytics. These digital library innovations have enabled us to meet the needs of our users more effectively and resulted in a tremendous growth in online visitorship.