In my understanding Library 2.0 is a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. The focus is on user-centered change and participation in the creation of content and community.

Facebook, tweeter & youtube are the three application which is commonly use in library.

Evaluation

Again Library 2.0 is a method service providing library service through internet technologies. Local studies, Children, Teenage/youth, Adult Fiction and Information/Reference all these five services are using 2.0 technologies in Parramatta libraries.  

Local Studies, has plenty of collections about stories, picture, varieties of books. Cateloges are provided on line which is extremely noticeable and the staff members are very devoted to provide this service via library 2.0.  

Children’s, collection are well organised. Story book, detective book, video, games and magazine are for kids enjoyment.

Collection for Teenage/youth for their enjoyment are appreciable. To add more collections for them to help to make their future is my commendation

Adult fiction collections is enough to serve the community sufficiently.

Online services of the library include a Facebook, twitter and RSS Feed, youTube, wikies and fliker where people can interchange their views & opinion. Also they get more information about present library activities. Parramatta City Library have good 

reputed information/references belongs to this service area.

The example of libraries in the world who is using library 2.0 technology to its fullest are – The National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au/), Toronto Public Library, Canada (www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/), The British Library(www.bl.uk).

Over those two blogs I like John Oxley blogge. So far I understand this is a historical blog. It has podcast, tourism site, Medical site, nursing and historical site. I think this will be a very useful blog for the library users specially who are interested in history.    

LIbrary 2.0

Library 2.0 is kind of service provide to the clients through web technology with change and interaction on user concerned. This all about communication with staff and clients collaborative technologies as blogs and wikis which expand collection of new levels of depth and diversity. 

Parramatta city library which is my local library using library 2.0 as regular basis for Local Studies, Children’s Teenage/Youth, Adult Fiction, Information/Reference. Parramatta library is has lots of collection of all this areas for their community. Despite of the facility of library 2.0 for the clients the library needs to upgrade them selves because times is changing very quickly now days so every system changing so they need to upgrde themselves.

LOcal Council Area

http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/play/facilities/library/about_library/library_services

http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/your_council

Parramatta is established at the middle of the Greater Sydney metropolitan area at the head of the Parramatta River, It has 61 square kilometres of land area and population of approximately 174,500 people (2011 Census). Also this is multicultural city of lots different types of religion and belief.

City of Parramatta Community Profile: 

The City of Parramatta is located in Sydney's western suburbs, about 24 kilometres from the Sydney GPO. The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures.

Important Statistics

Population 178,549 ERP 2012

Land area 6,138 hectares (61 Km2)

Population density 29.09 persons per hectare

Exercise - 4

Robot

Filter bubble is a concept developed by Internet activist Eli Pariser to describe a phenomenon where websites use algorithms to predict what information a user may like to see based on the user’s location, search history, etc. As a result, a website may only show information which agrees with the user’s viewpoints. One such example is Google’s personalized search results. To “pop” the bubbles created by Google search (also called de-personalization), Filter Bubble, a Chrome extension that uses hundreds of nodes to distribute a user’s Google search queries worldwide each time the user performs a Google search

A filter bubble is a result state in which a website algorithm selectively guesses what information a user would like to see based on information about the user (such as location, past click behaviour and search history) and, as a result, users become separated from information that disagrees with their viewpoints, effectively isolating them in their own cultural or ideological bubbles. Prime examples are Google's personalised search results and Facebook's personalised news stream.