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they can obtain information beyond and will provide to the library audience useful information. Libraries are organisations that have to do with people - customers. Information is the material to enable users and to help them gain ground they will need to know how to get advanced and evolved. A wellorganized Wiki could do this job for them. Users could use it for research purposes and to obtain information on issues By Mr.in George-Sp. C. ATHANASOPOULOS that affect them and their interest more general level. In some Harvard University, Graduate School of Student, libraries, the staff does not have the knowledge to build Design, the homepage By Mr. George-Sp. C. ATHANASSOPOULOS Architect of the library, a Wiki is very easy toStudent set up without any HTML of the School of Architecture knowledge and can be used as the main website Technical of the academic library. 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very easy and inexpensive procedure almost because there are free online. Many libraries already have their own blog primarily to inform the public about anything new happening with regard to the library on time. Library 2.0 is the second generation library which provides users with more sophisticated services. Among those services the library’s By Mr. George-Sp. C. ATHANASOPOULOS catalogue is included. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Student, The OPAC 2.0 is the advanced form of the OPAC5 catalogue. Initially, it By Mr. George-Sp. C. ATHANASSOPOULOS Architect is worth mentioning that the OPAC catalogue is a database that exists Student of the School of Architecture on the Internet, in which libraries register their material. The OPAC Technical University of Crete helps both librarians and users to identify the material they are 1. Introductory the concept searching for andapproach: know itsDefining state (Dwell, borrowed, available) and also 1. 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