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Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries: Possibilities and Challenges

Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries: Possibilities and Challenges

Ashok Kumar, S. Thanuskodi
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522539148|ISBN10: 152253914X|EISBN13: 9781522539155
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch026
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Kumar, Ashok, and S. Thanuskodi. "Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries: Possibilities and Challenges." Library Science and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 556-572. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch026

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Kumar, A. & Thanuskodi, S. (2018). Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries: Possibilities and Challenges. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Library Science and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 556-572). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch026

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Kumar, Ashok, and S. Thanuskodi. "Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries: Possibilities and Challenges." In Library Science and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 556-572. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch026

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Abstract

Social Network sites are one of the innovative technologies contributing libraries the opportunity to reach out to its patrons. Keeping library users up to date is the primary aim of every library, online library services taken the role successfully, and among them Social Network Sites plays the unique role to keep the patrons informative. In this chapter, we provide a study of an attempt to use social media to engage with public libraries. Also this chapter has come out with a testimony on library services and the challenges through FaceBook, Twitter and Weblogs.

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