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The emergence of information technology in the library sector has developed new ways of communication between users and librarians, while promoting the transit from "user-consumer" to "user-creator." This new technique of acting is based on the concept of architecture of participation, which derives from the 2.0 philosophy, and generates the user's active involvement in the creation and organization of content. The increase of information flow, from the user to the library, allows constantly the updating and re-evaluation of library services to best meet the information needs of the user community. The article deals with the challenges and opportunities that this context presents in today's information services. It also describes the practical experience of a service model developed according to this perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I argue for a critical analysis and re-evaluation of the term pervasive. Due to ambiguous definitions in both the discourse on computing and gaming, this term has become theoretically entangled with others. This has led to multiple definitions, and also, in the case of gaming, to the neglect of the different perspectives in which a game can be pervasive. In the current nascent stage of research into pervasive gaming, in which attempts are being made to theorize this concept, I argue for an analytical overview of the use of the term pervasive in order to understand the different perspectives in which it is used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The emergence of information technology in the library sector has developed new ways of communication between users and librarians, while promoting the transit from "user-consumer" to "user-creator." This new technique of acting is based on the concept of architecture of participation, which derives from the 2.0 philosophy, and generates the user's active involvement in the creation and organization of content. The increase of information flow, from the user to the library, allows constantly the updating and re-evaluation of library services to best meet the information needs of the user community. The article deals with the challenges and opportunities that this context presents in today's information services. It also describes the practical experience of a service model developed according to this perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]