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.
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..