The Special Libraries Association-Arabian Gulf Chapter 20th Annual Conference 2014
DOI: 10.5339/qproc.2014.gsla.3
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A Study on the use of Facebook, RSS, Blogs and Twitter (Web2.0) among selected academic libraries from 6 Gulf countries namely: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait

Abstract: This paper aims to explore and study the current usage trends of Web2.0 namely Facebook, RSS, Blogs and Twitter among selected higher education institutions’ libraries in 6 gulf countries namely: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. Websites of the selected libraries would be compared on the extent of the usage of these tools, the participation level and their purpose. The author would also share his opinion and suggestions on improving the current trends pertaining… Show more

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“…RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a means of organizing and simplifying current awareness efforts, which is becoming more and more popular among Internet users.The article [2] presents real examples of RSS feeds produced by leading publishers and shows that the benefits and effectiveness of those RSS feeds are directly related with the availability, quality and richness of its content. Especially, RSS is widely used for its efficient aggregation features, customization and timely access to information in which fields have higher requirements about information timeliness, [3] such as library fields and instant news fields [4] etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a means of organizing and simplifying current awareness efforts, which is becoming more and more popular among Internet users.The article [2] presents real examples of RSS feeds produced by leading publishers and shows that the benefits and effectiveness of those RSS feeds are directly related with the availability, quality and richness of its content. Especially, RSS is widely used for its efficient aggregation features, customization and timely access to information in which fields have higher requirements about information timeliness, [3] such as library fields and instant news fields [4] etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%