...Alexandros Koulouris; Eftichia Vraimaki; Maria Koloniari Purpose The study aims to explore Greek libraries’ social media presence and library operation and social media use during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected via...

...Michael Ahenkorah-Marfo; Harry Akussah Purpose Social media allows collaboration, participation and sharing in libraries with users. The purpose of this study is to examine the response of academic librarians in Ghana to the use of social media in reference and user services. Design/methodology...

...Donna Witek; Teresa Grettano Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a model of information literacy instruction that utilizes social media to teach metaliteracy as the foundation for information literacy today and articulate the effects of social media on students’ information-seeking...

... in an academic context. Findings Three Facebook functions – Feeds, Share, and Comment – emerged as the primary means by which information literate practices and behaviors are developed and exhibited on Facebook. In addition, information literacy in the age of social media requires a “meta‐literacy...

... can be contacted at: darcy.delbosque@unlv.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Twitter Reference Web 2.0 Social media Library patrons Academic libraries Specifically, the study was designed to examine how libraries are currently using Twitter, what their accounts...

..., there are two recipes for mediocre tweets: first, everyone in the library gets to tweet (i.e. tweet by committee), and, second, the “I only do social media because I have to” librarian tweeting on behalf of the library. Not to be overly prescriptive, but the author feels strongly that social media...

... for libraries. Early on, think about how using Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, blogs and other social communication tools can fit into a library's overall strategy for community engagement. The plan can provide clear guidelines for how social media is used and who is involved in its use. As with most...