... to traditional opinion leaders, online opinion leaders play important roles in an online social network because their opinions have more visibility and influence (Lyons and Henderson, 2005). These online opinion leaders can be considered representative word-of-mouth influencers (Rogers and Cartano, 1962...

...’ use of the hashtags during the workshop. Statistical data of the participants and their posts were collected from social network analysis tools. The posts that included the workshop’s designated hashtags were retrieved, recorded, coded and analysed to collect qualitative data. Findings In total...

...Gemma Nández; Ángel Borrego Purpose – This paper aims to analyse various aspects of an academic social network: the profile of users, the reasons for its use, its perceived benefits and the use of other social media for scholarly purposes. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examined...

...David Mason Cliff   Landis . A Social Networking Primer for Libraries . London : Facet   2010 . 125 pp.   £34.95 soft cover , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐727‐2 (The Tech Set; 7) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Libraries Social networks Information...

...John MacRitchie Connie   Crosby . Effective Blogging for Libraries . London : Facet   2010 . 125 pp.   £34.95 soft cover , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐730‐2 (The Tech Set; 10) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Libraries Web 2.0 Social networks Information...

...Madely du Preez More than MySpace is a recent publication focusing on how teenagers use virtual communities in their private lives as well as in the classroom. The book also looks at public libraries that have embraced social networking technologies. The idea is to learn how...

... technologies and social networking software such as iCalendar format, calendar applications, API and Google Calendar SMS notification option to publish, syndicate, and aggregate dynamic web content in a Library 2.0 model. It enables patrons to use their own personal calendar computer applications that support...

...Ji‐Hong Park Purpose Social networking sites (SNSs) are gaining popularity in various areas. Library and information services also are attempting to utilize them for increasing the library user traffic. Considering the lack of SNS studies in academic library services and various SNS usage patterns...

... within the enterprise; and social software outside the enterprise. An appendix, reference section and subject index are also provided. Worldwide web Social networks Internet In recent years, developments in the World Wide Web have taken place at an astonishing pace. One of the most...

...Anria Sophia van Zyl Purpose The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of what electronic social networking encompasses. It also aims to educate IT, business decision makers, knowledge workers and librarians about the various applications, benefits and risks associated with social...

... structure. Furthermore RDF allows for the incomplete characterization of resources whereas in the case of constructing the profile of an author, basic inference can be done without committing to an RDF schema. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Social networks Digital libraries...