title: How the new web generations are changing library and information services.
abstract: The new Web generations are influencing the minds and changing the habits of software developers and end users. Users, librarians, and information services professionals can interact more efficiently, creating additional information and content and generating knowledge. This new scenario is also changing the behavior of information providers and users in health sciences libraries. This article reviews the new Web environments and tools that give librarians opportunities to tailor their services better, and gives some examples of the advantages and disadvantages for them and their users. Librarians need to adapt to the new mindset of users, linking new technologies, information, and people.
authors.affiliation: A GIDIF-RBM Web 2.0 Working Group, Milan, Italy. giovanna.miranda@sanofi-aventis.com <giovanna.miranda@sanofi-aventis.com>
authors.forename: Giovanna F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gualtieri
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coccia
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020407:Internet; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration*