The shift from the so-called Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 has been studied and analized in the best way possible by Tim O’Reilly in his famous pages on “What is Web 2.0” and there is probably very little left to say.
However, one can start from there and see how (and if, or to what extent), more in details, that shift is changing the approach to old issues in information science, like how exactly information flows and how to improve actual accessibility to information. In this perspective, the social aspects that are usually the core of every discussion on Web 2.0 are taken for granted and as a starting point, while the focus is on the concepts there are more relevant to “information management” when it comes to building effective integrated information systems. Read the rest of this entry »
