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Web 2.0 Technology in Libraries: A Case Study of Engineering PG Student Preferences at Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Web 2.0 Technology in Libraries: A Case Study of Engineering PG Student Preferences at Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Prakash Bhagwan Dongardive (University of Mekelle, Ethiopia)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3468-7.ch010
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Abstract

Progress in information communication technology (ICT) has become the backbone for every branch of knowledge in academic arena and library, and information centers are not apart from it. Social networking is playing a significant role in serving to the library users. The chapter examines libraries and their importance in accepting the Web 2.0 phenomenon of social networking sites like Facebook Twitter, YouTube, and a number of social networking tools to enable libraries to engage with students in the virtual environment to promote library event and services, teaching and learning, and humanizing the concept of library and librarians. This chapter also focuses on the importance of social networking sites, which improve the professional relationships within the library profession and across the boundaries of particular national library education systems across the world, which is increasingly sharing information that ensures libraries are the head of changes in demands and needs of their users.
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Social Networking

History of Social Networking

As a social networking tool Friendster was the first online social networking site. It was quickly followed one year later by MySpace. Two young friends started myspace, and it quickly becomes hugely popular. Its parent company, Intermix, was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million just after two years of its launch. Thus next face book in 2004, which initially followed by college students but now millions of people of all the age using it as a primary SNS to interface each other, as well as there, are some social networking sites are available online.

Defining Social Networking

A social networking is a network of people useful to create similar interests about any product, services and sharing it among the group. Every new user has to create his profile on social networking site and to create his/her own social link for getting number of service information for instance; career services, educational services, sport etc. Social networking is an effective mechanism for advertising and making publicity of any company product. It is convenient to send multimedia message and attract the user to the product via social networking tools on user mobile. Here internet and mobile technology playing important role.

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