Describe one of the Web 2.0 technologies, find and describe an example of a library using this technology.

Blog- Short for “weblog,” a blog is a type of shared online journal. It's written by an individual, published on a web page, and usually available to anyone with access to a web browser. It contains the blogger's thoughts, observations, recommendations, reflections, opinions, and feelings on whatever he or she wants to write about. And the entries are displayed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent posting at the top. Blogs can include photos, audio clips, and video, and they frequently contain links to other blogs or websites. Blogs can be publicly viewable, or tucked safely behind a company firewall. Both public-facing and “internal” company or organizational blogs are often focused on particular topics or issues.

 The very trend set by bloggers from  the fields like Journalism, Politics, Medicine Art & Culture also crept in the Libraries and Library Science  field. The professionals in this field are making use of blogs  for communicating  technical skills amongst professionals besides there is increasing use of  dispensing patrron services through library blogs.

An example I found  is British Libaray having  blogs  written by their curators and other staff. You can choose from the links on the right to read them, post comments and subscribe via RSS. The URL is given below-
http://www.bl.uk/blogs/

The growth of library blogs and use of these blogs aimed  to keep patrons up-to-date on

library events staff picks and news etc .Workshops , training courses are being conducted

wherein participants are being familiarized about blogging , RSS technology and their

use to promote library services8.