The City of Sydney Council Sydney Library comes under this site) makes fairly extensive use of Web 2.0 technologies, yet it is not directly aimed at the groupings mentioned for the exercise. On the bottom of every page in the site is a column called "Follow Us" under which there is listed: Email Newsletters, RSS Feeds, Videos & Podcasts, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest and Flickr. These though have little do with library services and are primarily about events held in the city (e.g. Chinese New Year) or initiatives being pushed bu the council (e.g. pedestrianisation of George St). Interestingly although not really related, an RSS feed has been set up for job vacancies.
The library does have a service on its online catalogue where members can write their own reviews for the items therein. Its quite easy to do this as the option is available next to "More detail" and "Reserve" for every item in the catalogue. From here you need your membership number and library pin, and then you are ready to go. The library has two newsletters, one for adults and one for kids (or their parents), though I don't think this is Web 2.0.
The only reason I can imagine for the lack of Web 2.0 technology from the library itself could possibly be due to it not having its own website. But being part of the City of Sydney council website whose focus is on more over-reaching issues at the moment.
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