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Familiarity of Social Networking Services among Library and Information Science Professionals-A Survey


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The information environment in which LIS Professionals find themselves is continuously changing. The ways in which people today communicate, interact, acquire and share knowledge have changed due to advancement in the information and communication technologies. Hence the librarians must compete for their survival. Social Networks is the new concept where users are not only information consumers but also content creators. An online survey was conducted among engineering institutional librarians of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, to study their awareness on Social Networks.

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Facebook, Social Network, Photo Sharing
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K. Kumar
SVCET, Chittoor
India

T. Raghunadha Reddy
SVCET, Chittoor
India


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  • Online Social Networking details Available at: Library 2.0 available at: http://ashkev.weblog.us

  • Photo sharing available at:http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki3/index.php?title=Photo_Sharing_in_Education.

  • Social Network Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service.

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Authors

K. Kumar
SVCET, Chittoor, India
T. Raghunadha Reddy
SVCET, Chittoor, India

Abstract


The information environment in which LIS Professionals find themselves is continuously changing. The ways in which people today communicate, interact, acquire and share knowledge have changed due to advancement in the information and communication technologies. Hence the librarians must compete for their survival. Social Networks is the new concept where users are not only information consumers but also content creators. An online survey was conducted among engineering institutional librarians of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, to study their awareness on Social Networks.

Keywords


Facebook, Social Network, Photo Sharing

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