The Problems and Potential of MySpace and Facebook Usage in Academic Libraries

Chu, Melanie; Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani

doi:10.1300/j136v13n01_04

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“…41 The questionnaire had three factors. The first related to Facebook ease of use (items 1,6,8,10); the second, to information professionals' personal innovativeness (items 2, 5, 9); and the third, to Facebook enjoyment (items 3,4,7,11). The values of Cronbach's Alpha were .94, .90, and .94 respectively.…”

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Factors Affecting Adoption of Facebook: An Exploratory Study of the LIS Community Perspective

Aharony

2014

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This study seeks to investigate whether information professionals, as well as LIS students, are ready to assimilate Facebook in their work and educational environments. The study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as well as some characteristics of the “Big Five” model of personality as a theoretical base from which to predict factors that may influence the adoption of Facebook by information professionals as well as by LIS students. Findings reveal that the TAM, as well as other personal characteristics, significantly predict the likelihood of Facebook use and highlight the importance of individual characteristics when considering technology acceptance.

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Factors Affecting Adoption of Facebook: An Exploratory Study of the LIS Community Perspective

Aharony

2014

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“…8 They suggest the use of Facebook for "content delivery, reference assistance, outreach, and information literacy instruction" and suggest that students may be willing to communicate with organizations via Facebook, although their research showed that students were reluctant to communicate with faculty this way. Another type of study concerning the use of Facebook in libraries is the serviceprovided analysis.…”

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Facebook as a Library Tool: Perceived vs. Actual Use

Jacobson

2011

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As Facebook has come to dominate the social networking site arena, more libraries have created their own library pages on Facebook to create library awareness and to function as a marketing tool. This paper examines reported versus actual use of Facebook in libraries to identify discrepancies between intended goals and actual use. The results of a 2009 study about the use of Facebook in libraries are used as a guide to gauge the perceived and actual uses for Facebook in this study. Results of the test reveal that the two ranks are not statistically different, but that there is a noticeable difference when looking at the perceived and actual rankings qualitatively.

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“…Chu indicated that the findings in the study revealed a change in librarians regarding the use of social networking tools, which appear to be moving towards favourable trend. According to Chu & Meulemans (2013) Research carried out on adapting applications to match the user's context. A First step some libraries take is to determine the library functions users want to access using smart phones.…”

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Mobile phone applications and the utilization of library services in the university of Calabar library, Calabar, Nigeria

Odu¹,

Omini²

2017

Gl Jnl Educ Res

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This study examined mobile phone apps and the utilization of library services in university of Calabar library, Nigeria. Four objectives and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research design was used. The population of the study constituted of all registered library users in the 2015/2016 academic session. The population was 4,265 registered users. A sample of 225 registered users was selected using purposive and accidental sampling techniques. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Pearson product moment correlation analysis was employed to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between Tweeter apps and the utilization of library services, (r=0.57*, P<.05, df=223, rcritical=.138); there was a significant relationship between Whatsapp and the utilization of library services, (r=0.47*, P<.05, df=223, r-critical=.138); there is a significant relationship between Facebook apps and the utilization of library services, (r=0.59 ⃰ , P<.05,df=223,r-critical=.138); and there is a significant relationship between Skype apps and the utilization of library services, (r=0.51⃰ , P<.0.5, df=223, r-critical=.138). From the result of the study, it was recommended among others that the use of mobile phone apps as communication infrastructure should be encouraged in the University of Calabar Library.

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The Problems and Potential of MySpace and Facebook Usage in Academic Libraries

Cited by 128 publications

References 10 publications

Factors Affecting Adoption of Facebook: An Exploratory Study of the LIS Community Perspective

Factors Affecting Adoption of Facebook: An Exploratory Study of the LIS Community Perspective

Facebook as a Library Tool: Perceived vs. Actual Use

Mobile phone applications and the utilization of library services in the university of Calabar library, Calabar, Nigeria

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