Linh Nguyen
A survey of the application of Web 2.0 in Australasian university libraries
Hanoi University of Culture
purpose paper aims provide overall picture application web 20 technologies australasian university libraries focus research types web 20 technologies applied libraries well purposes features designmethodologyapproach content analysis used terms quantitative approach checklist main research instrument developed based checklists questionnaires synthesized ideas literature data collected accessing australasian university library web sites within two weeks microsoft excel utilized main tool synthesize analyze data present results findings least twothirds australasian university libraries deployed one web 20 technologies four web 20 technologies used specific purposes basic features general web 20 application indexes still low mean application index 12 points highest index 37 points 100 research limitationsimplications combination content analysis survey andor interview may enable future researchers analyze aspects eg application internal wikis use instant messaging reference services web 20 single method content analysis could gain originalityvalue unique study explores application web 20 wide scope including australasian university libraries deployed types web 20 technologies study useful australasian university libraries evaluatingdeploying web 20 library managers librarians university libraries may also find helpful want implement technologies libraries