Social Networking Tools in Library Service Delivery: The Case of Academic Libraries in South-East Zone of Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saturday U. Omeluzor ◽  
Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye ◽  
Imam Abayomi
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Social Networking Tools

Are there birds in the library? The extent of Twitter adoption and use by Canadian academic libraries

First Monday ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Verishagen ◽  
Carolyn Hank
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Social Networking Tools

Twitter, only eight years old, has emerged as an ever-present component of our everyday, online lives. This phenomenon is apparent in academic libraries as well, with a growing body of published reports on how libraries use Twitter, and other social networking tools, to engage with users. The extent of this adoption by libraries, however, is assumed rather than known, leading to the question: is it really a phenomenon? How many academic libraries are actually currently tweeting? In this paper, we report an investigation of Twitter adoption by Canadian academic libraries. We found that less than half of the main libraries currently tweet, with adoption peaking in 2009. While tweeting is not as ubiquitous as may be assumed and recent adoption has declined, findings do show that tweeting remains consistent and active for those libraries with established Twitter accounts.

scholarly journals A theoretical framework for building online communities of practice with social networking tools

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte N. Gunawardena ◽  
Mary Beth Hermans ◽  
Damien Sanchez ◽  
Carol Richmond ◽  
Maribeth Bohley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Networking Tools

scholarly journals Innovative Involvement not Embarrassing Intervention: Using Technology to Connect with Students without Treading on Virtual Toes

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Allbon
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Personal Response Systems ◽  
Response Systems ◽  
Social Networking Tools

AbstractEmily Allbon recounts her experiences in integrating social networking tools into her work with law students and, in particular, how she has integrated them with her prize-winning portal – Lawbore. She also documents her use of personal response systems in her teaching sessions.

The Integration of Social Networking in Creating Collaborative Partnerships in Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 976-996
Author(s):  
Larry S. Tinnerman ◽  
James Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
Albert Bandura ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scholarly Collaboration ◽  
Social Networking Tools

Technological communication advancements in recent years, including, but not limited to, the Internet, cell phones, PDAs and texting, have changed communication, accessing information, and doing business. Unfortunately, education has often lagged behind in the effective implementation of these technological advances. This chapter examines one technological development that has the potential to change the higher educational landscape. The use of online social networking tools can be used to help establish connections student to student, student to faculty, faculty to student and faculty to faculty. These tools can be used to encourage scholarly collaboration in a constructivist manner that builds upon the social learning theories of Albert Bandura and Lev Vygotski.

Social Networking in Academic Libraries

2013 ◽  
pp. 226-248
Author(s):  
Sudhanshu Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Thomson Reuters

The chapter provides a snapshot on the use of social networking in academic libraries through a systematic review of the available literature and an examination of the libraries’ presence on the most popular social networking sites. The chapter initially reviews 819 articles of empirical research, viewpoints, and case studies, based on keyword(s) search “Web 2.0 + Academic Libraries” since 2006 found in the Library Literature and Information Full Text Database. Out of full text research papers, articles with empirical studies, 328 (40% of 819), are shortlisted; all articles are from journals having impact factors (as per ISI Thomson Reuters rating 2011-12), 0.8 and above. The articles are collected from four major management and library science publishers: Ebscohost, Science Direct, Taylor and Francis, Emerald Insight (including EarlyCite articles, Backfiles content). The potential limitation of the study is that it does not attempt to trace out trends using any regression techniques. The extension of this study could be statistically testing the figures observed in this chapter and laying down a grounded theory approach for future research in Web 2.0 applications in libraries. The important finding is that the popularity of the various social networking sites can change quickly on the basis of e-World of Month (e-WoM).

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