Application And Impact Of Social Media In Academic Libraries With Special Reference To Assam
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2018-11
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Chayanika Sarma
Dipankar Das
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Abstract
The vast growth of knowledge and literature in every field of education along with the advancement
of information technology has placed special responsibilities on all types of libraries. Nowadays,
different types of social media tools are increasingly used in library works in academic libraries. So,
this study is an investigational study to know about the use of social media tools in academic
libraries and its impact on the library staffs, library users, library services etc and challenges as well
as problems influencing in using such tools. Social media are mainly used to connect people in
different communities and share, transfer information, and cooperate with each other information
among different users of different communities.
The main aim of this work is to make intensive and extensive study to find the application and effect
of social media on the users, library works and services, staffs etc in the academic libraries with
special reference to Assam and make awareness among users and staffs towards the use of social
media in the libraries. Also, find out the factors they are facing for using social media in the academic
libraries.
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Social Media, Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Facebook, Twitter