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Social Networking in Libraries: A Case Study of Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University Library, India

Social Networking in Libraries: A Case Study of Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University Library, India

Rupak Chakravarty, Anu Kiran
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466640702|ISBN10: 1466640707|EISBN13: 9781466640719
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch009
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Chakravarty, Rupak, and Anu Kiran. "Social Networking in Libraries: A Case Study of Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University Library, India." Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries, edited by S. Thanuskodi, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 112-130. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch009

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Chakravarty, R. & Kiran, A. (2013). Social Networking in Libraries: A Case Study of Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University Library, India. In S. Thanuskodi (Ed.), Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries (pp. 112-130). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch009

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Chakravarty, Rupak, and Anu Kiran. "Social Networking in Libraries: A Case Study of Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University Library, India." In Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries, edited by S. Thanuskodi, 112-130. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch009

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Abstract

Social networking seems to be the way 21st century libraries provide services. Library services are changing with the change in the nature of library users; social networking plays a major role in serving the users. Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups of people with shared interests, communities. The prominence of social networking Websites has reached a peak in the last few years. This chapter examines libraries and their importance in embracing the Web 2.0 phenomenon of social networking. This chapter examines the importance of using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube to enable libraries to engage with students in the virtual environment for the promotion of the library, library events and services, teaching and learning, and humanizing the concept of the library and librarians. This chapter also examines the importance that social networking sites have with improving professional relationships within the library profession and across the university, resulting in an increase of information sharing that ensures libraries are on the forefront of changes in demands and needs of their students. If libraries fail to adopt this technology, they are in danger of finding themselves extinct.

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