Social Networking in Academic Libraries: The Possibilities and the Concerns

Authors

Andrea Dickson, Wayne State University
Robert P. Holley, Wayne State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The goal of this article is to examine the use of the major social networking tools in academic libraries in the United States. Since college students are heavy users of social networking, such efforts provide academic libraries with outreach possibilities to students who do not use the physical library. The paper also examines the concerns about their use both from students and within the academic library.

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Comments

This is the author's post print originally appearing in New Library World. Vol. 111, no. 11/12 2010. www.emeraldinsight.com

Recommended Citation

Dickson, A. & Holley, R. P. (2010). Social networking in academic libraries: The possibilities and the concerns. New Library World, 111(11/12), 468-479. doi: 10.1108/03074801011094840