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Article Name :
APPLICATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Author Name :
Ravindrasing .V. Tomar
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-326
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Abstract :
The paper aims to explore different applications of social media for library and information science resources and services. Social media investigates the users's attitude towards the usefulness of social media in library. The use of social media is important to capture the attention of online users and helps in distance learning and knowledge sharing. users recommended the use of Facebook, Wikis, LinkedIn, Blogging, YouTube and online groups for different library services. They indicated that inadequate training opportunities, lack of knowledge, privacy and identity theft, slow speed of internet and electricity failure are the problems for applying social media in libraries of India in library resources and services. They demanded for trainings for social media usage and suggested that libraries should develop social media page for maximum exploitation of library services.
Keywords :
  • application of social media
  • marketing of libraray
  • w.w.w