USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
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Date
2020-02
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Kelpro Bulletin
Abstract
The study explored the awareness and use of social media tools in academic
libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria. The data was collected from a sample of 360
users through questionnaire method. Users were faculty and students of seven
academic institutions in Kwara State. The major objectives are to know the
awareness and use, effectiveness of social media tools in their institution and
to dig out the problems in their use. It is found that lion’s share are aware of
social media tools, more than half found it as effective, more than half regularly
using, twitter is used most, almost cent percent are using it for personal
research/study/examination, inadequate power supply is the major hurdle,
respondents suggested to provide adequate funds. The study noted the following
requirements needed, adequate power supply, continuous internet facilities and
conduct training programs