Social Networking and Libraries (Priscilla S.)

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Social networks play an important role in a library setting. They can enhance the professional skills of library staff, and be used to promote library services. Using social networks is probably something a librarian 100 years ago would have never thought of. Social media is adapting on a daily and one of the biggest changes that have happened to this world, though there are a lot of positives and negatives when it comes to using social networks in a library. 


Using social networks can help build a library image and modernize the library. Social media can be used to promote events and provide information to everyone in a quicker and easier way, and if we're talking time, you save so much time using social media to get your message across. 

"Social media is putting a great impact on libraries. LIS professionals are getting familiar with social media to create a flexible environment to reach potential library users. Social media is putting a massive impact on libraries and information centers to promote library services and sources. Several social media bring all the library users community together on one spot to share their ideas and views about their relevant and specific information."

Some negatives when it comes to using social networks in a library would be "lack of financial support, lack of authority support, lack of cooperation among the library staff, no knowledge of social media and its tools and lack of expertise of ICTs and lack of getting feedback from library users." Using social networks would most likely work in a library where staff has experience using social media and graphic design to make posts to capture a patron's eye.

Works Cited:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961000616656043

https://biomedgrid.com/fulltext/volume6/social-media-makes-things-possible-for-librarians-a-critical-note.000985.php#Issues%20and%20Challenges%20use%20of%20Social%20Media%20in%20Libraries

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