Abstract
This study determined the acquired knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of medical and health librarians in the Philippines on the impact of Library 2.0. The study verified the level of awareness and revealed the gaps among medical and health librarians in the use, creation and adaptation of Library 2.0 tools especially in informing, educating and empowering their users. It also recognized which technology is more common to Health Science Librarians, Library 1.0 or Library 2.0, in the time of abrupt technological changes. Furthermore, the study evaluated if the librarians have learned from the previous seminars conducted by MAHLAP (or from other library organizations) on the topic of emerging technologies and Web 2.0 through demonstration of applied skills as referred by the indicators set by technical competencies for health librarians.
 The study had surveyed 43 health and medical librarians in the Luzon area. Two kinds of questionnaires were sent out. First is for the off icers of the Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines and second is for the medical and health librarians. The first survey will determine if they allow the researcher to use MAHLAP as its collaborator for the study. The second survey is for MAHLAP members listed in the 2009 online directory.
 The research introduced the draft technical competencies prepared for the medical and health librarians in the Philippines and its importance for a national and coordinated staff development program that is geared towards the improvement of their skills and knowledge that is relevant to the current demands of the library users and services.
Highlights
This study was developed to gauge the current knowledge, evaluate self-acceptance and determine the attitudes of health science librarians in the realm of what we often hear as “Library 2.0” tools in the era of contemporary Filipino librarianship.Filipinos are fond of navigating and exploring what’s new around the social media platform
Evaluate if the librarians have learned from the previous seminars conducted by MAHLAP on the topic of emerging technologies and Web 2.0 through demonstration of applied skills as referred by the indicators set by technical competencies for health librarians
There is a need for the librarians to rethink about what these tools are all about and how it can fully help them in their daily task
Summary
Filipinos are fond of navigating and exploring what’s new around the social media platform. According to a report published by Nick Burcher (2010), The Philippines ranked 8th globally with the highest number of Facebook users as of March 31, 2010. The Philippines have generated 11,561,740 Facebook accounts (and counting) with 1027% increase for the past 12 months. No doubt it is the most popular social networking site around the world with USA, UK, Indonesia, Turkey and France at the top 5. If we rank the users according to per head of population, the Philippines ranked 72nd. It is based on the total number of population versus the actual number of Facebook users (Burcher, 2010)
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