Adoption of Web 2.0 in library associations in the presence of social media

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2015-03-26 DOI:10.1108/PROG-02-2013-0007

A. Hussain

引用次数: 10

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the adoption of Web 2.0 in library associations in the presence of social media. This paper attempts to measure the penetration of Web 2.0 tools in various library associations all over the world. Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted through an assessment of the library associations’ web sites. A total of 188 library associations’ web sites were analysed, out of which 115 library associations have implemented Web 2.0 applications; this is 61.17 percent of the total. Findings – On the basis of the analysis it was found that the majority of Web 2.0 tools have been used by American continents library associations. This stands at, 89.86 percent, whereas only a small number of Web 2.0 tools have been used by Asian continent library associations, that is, 25.64 percent. The most of Web 2.0 tools used by library associations, is, Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds, LinkedIn, Flickr and Blogs. Research limitations/implications – The findings of this stu...

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在社交媒体存在的情况下，图书馆协会采用Web 2.0

目的-本文的目的是讨论在社交媒体存在的情况下，图书馆协会采用Web 2.0。本文试图测量Web 2.0工具在世界各地图书馆协会中的渗透情况。设计/方法/方法-这项研究是通过评估图书馆协会的网站进行的。共有188个图书馆协会的网站被分析，其中115个图书馆协会实施了web 2.0应用;这是总额的61.17%。调查结果——在分析的基础上，我们发现大多数的Web 2.0工具都被美洲各大洲的图书馆协会所使用。这一比例为89.86%，而亚洲大陆图书馆协会仅使用了少数Web 2.0工具，即25.64%。图书馆协会使用最多的Web 2.0工具是Facebook、Twitter、RSS提要、LinkedIn、Flickr和博客。研究局限/启示-本研究的发现…

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来源期刊

Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： ■Automation of library and information services ■Storage and retrieval of all forms of electronic information ■Delivery of information to end users ■Database design and management ■Techniques for storing and distributing information ■Networking and communications technology ■The Internet ■User interface design ■Procurement of systems ■User training and support ■System evaluation