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Activities and Reasons for Using Social Networking Sites by Research Scholars in NEHU: A Study on Facebook and ResearchGate

Chakraborty, Nirmali (INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)

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The paper has made an attempt to study the activities and reasons for using Social Networking Sites (SNS) by the research scholars of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU). For that the study has covered two social networking sites namely Facebook and ResearchGate based on popularity and widely used by research scholars. a self administered questionnaire was distributed among the research scholars of NEHU. And the primary data gathered through questionnaire were analyzed and discussed in accordance with the objective of the study. Here it is found that most of the scholars from social science background use SNS from education and research point of view; on the contrary scholars from pure science think that SNS has no role on research and education. They use SNS just for entertainment. The paper concludes with some suggestions given by the respondents for making SNS better research tool.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1666

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Participatory Librarianship and Social Networks: A Case Study

Pradhan, Sarbada; Bose, Moumita (INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)

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Now a day everyone is connected with each other by means of various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, etc. These networks are the means of social interaction where professional interaction lacks behind due to various barriers in their access and this leads to the origin of social network for profession. LIS Links has got a tremendous attention in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Here we have presented State wise and Designation wise contributions of people related to LIS profession. Analysis will help the LIS professionals to derive benefits from LIS Links.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1673

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Social Networking Sites: Use Metrics at a Global Level

Lone, Mohammad Ishaq; Wani, Zahid Ashraf (INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)

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The paper is an attempt to unfurl the use and growth of social networking sites used in the world. The paper works at the continental level to see the use of various social networking sites in seven continents of the world. It offers a thorough insight of yearly growth of social networking sites. The study reveals that Facebook is gaining market in every continent. Facebook is the only site that is having more that 90% market share in Africa since 2010. StumbleUpon is mostly used in North America, Oceania and Europe..

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http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1677

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