Social Media Strategies for Dynamic Library Service Development

Social Media Strategies for Dynamic Library Service Development

Adeyinka Tella
Indexed In: PsycINFO®, SCOPUS
Release Date: December, 2014|Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 388
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7415-8
ISBN13: 9781466674158|ISBN10: 1466674156|EISBN13: 9781466674165
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Description:

As social technologies continue to evolve, it is apparent that librarians and their clientele would benefit through participation in the digital social world. While there are benefits to implementing these technologies, many libraries also face challenges in the integration and usage of social media.

Social Media Strategies for Dynamic Library Service Development discusses the integration of digital social networking into library practices. Highlighting the advantages and challenges faced by libraries in the application of social media, this publication is a critical reference source for professionals and researchers working within the fields of library and information science, as well as practitioners and executives interested in the utilization of social technologies in relation to knowledge management and organizational development.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Antisocial Networking Behavior
  • Digital Environments
  • Ethical Use
  • Information Science Professionals
  • Library Technologies
  • Marketing
  • Social Technologies
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Tella edits this volume on the actualized and potential roles of social media in library service and management. An expanded table of contents gives an abstract for each of the 18 chapters. Contributions discuss social media as a marketing method for libraries, and as a way of enhancing information reach, with multiple contributions on pros and cons of social media use by library institutions. Other topics include the integration of social media with existing service delivery systems, evaluation of current effectiveness of Web 2.0 tools in libraries, ethical issues with social media use, and a variety of case studies in the developing countries of Nigeria, Zimbabwe, India, Botswana, and Zambia.

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Adeyinka Tella is based at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria and Research Fellow in the Department of Information Science at the University of South Africa, following a stint as a visiting researcher with the Department. Adeyinka was a Commonwealth scholar who finished his PhD at the University of Botswana in 2009. He is a three-times winner in 2014, 2017 and 2018 of the Dr. T.M. Salisu Most Published Librarian Award made by the Nigerian Library Association and a 2007 winner of a Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) small grant for thesis writing for the PhD student category. Adeyinka has authored many articles in high impact Web of Science/Scopus rated journals and as at November 2022 had scored an H-index of 33, an i10-index of 71 and 5021 citations. He edits or is on the editorial board of many recognised journals.
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