The impact of Twitter on libraries: a critical review of the literature

E Vassilakaki, E Garoufallou - The electronic library, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The paper aims to present a critical review on the adoption and use of Twitter in
libraries. Twitter, a microblogging service, is becoming more and more popular among …

Being knowledge, power and profession subordinates: Students' perceptions of Twitter for learning

N Lackovic, R Kerry, R Lowe, T Lowe - The Internet and Higher Education, 2017 - Elsevier
Further conceptualisations are needed that consider students' actual engagement with and
perceptions of Twitter for learning. To address this gap, an optional Twitter learning activity …

Exploring academic libraries' use of Twitter: a content analysis

SM Al-Daihani, SA AlAwadhi - The Electronic Library, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–This research aims to analyze academic libraries' Twitter content and present a
categorization framework for the study of their tweets. Design/methodology/approach–The …

A text mining analysis of academic libraries' tweets

SM Al-Daihani, A Abrahams - The journal of academic librarianship, 2016 - Elsevier
This study applies a text mining approach to a significant dataset of tweets by academic
libraries. The dataset for this research was collected from the complete Twitter timelines of …

Exploring libraries' efforts in inclusion and outreach activities using social media

N Abdullah, S Chu, S Rajagopal, A Tung… - Libri, 2015 - degruyter.com
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of social media tools to enhance
inclusion and outreach activities in libraries. The study also examined the existence of …

[PDF][PDF] Facebook and Twitter for academic libraries in the twenty first century

AY Kenchakkanavar - … : Journal of Library and Information Science, 2015 - researchgate.net
At present day in this twenty-first century we are living in virtual world and Library and
informational science professional's need to use social networking sites for academic users …

Micro-blogging practices in Canadian public libraries: A national snapshot

MF Cavanagh - Journal of Librarianship and Information …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reports the first phase of a study examining Canada's public library sector's micro-
blogging practices. Results of a national survey of public library (n= 71) Twitter practices and …

Who is following us? Data mining a library's Twitter followers

RR Sewell - Library Hi Tech, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–Twitter is an increasingly popular social networking tool for libraries to use to reach
out to their patrons, but very little research has been done to determine who is following …

Exploring user engagement strategies and their impacts with social media mining: the case of public libraries

H Zou, HM Chen, S Dey - Journal of Management Analytics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Public libraries are increasingly using social media to connect their users in innovative
ways. Librarians make use of social media as a tool for 'being part of their communities' …

Who disseminates academic library information on Twitter?

HM Kim, EG Abels, CC Yang - Proceedings of the American …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to investigate information dissemination by academic libraries
through an analysis of retweet users on Twitter. Academic libraries have posted a variety of …