Summary of Features and ArticlesAugust 2007
Editorial: Ten Years of Reviewing the Web, 1997-2007, by Irving E. Rockwood. A comparison of Choice's first and its most recent Web issues shows what has and has not changed about the Web.
Essay: The Social Tools of Web 2.0: Opportunities for Academic Libraries, by Ellyssa Kroski, reference librarian for Columbia University and an independent information consultant.
Web 2.0 is democratizing the Internet. The social and interactive tools of this collaborative environment enable all users to contribute content to the Web. Kroski explores four types of Web 2.0 tools: content collaboration (e.g., wikis), social bookmarking, media sharing, and social networking, with particular emphasis on their value for academic libraries. Nearly all the software resources Kroski discusses are available for free.
Feature: Recent & Forthcoming Internet Publications, 2007–08. This annual feature highlights publications about the Internet, including introductory guides, specialized design manuals, and works dealing with social influences and policy issues.
Feature: Online Resources for Academic Libraries: 2007 Buying Guide, by Susanne Bjorner.
In the fifth annual installment of this feature, independent consultant and former Choice editor Susanne Bjorner presents succinct descriptive information on Web-based resources of potential use to a broad range of academic library patrons.
Outstanding Academic Web Sites of 2006
This feature highlights a group of exceptional Web resources selected for the 2006 Outstanding Academic Titles list, which originally appeared in the January 2007 issue.
About the Cover: William F. Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Hannelore Rader, dean, university libraries. Bryan Moberly Photography.
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