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    Information Disseminating through Using Social Networking Sites among B. Ed College Librarians in Salem District
    (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Jayaprakash, M.; Murugan, C.
    The ability to disseminate and promote one’s work and research is an important component of managing and communicating information. By disseminating information, an organization can reach members of its target audience and have a greater impact on policy and programming. The Social networking site can serve as an invaluable tool in this effort to communicate the information across a wide audience. The present study shows that the social networking sites are an integral part of their social life. They use it to sustain and make stronger their offline connections and primarily for communication rather than entertainment. B.Ed College Librarians are active users of social media for academic purpose as well as for personal use. As this social media phenomenon is continuing to grow at a faster pace, it is important to understand the effects it has on Librarians. Given its popularity, researchers have considerable concerns about the effects of social media on students. The study also points out the popularity of social networking among the librarians in the College of Education, Salem District, and Tamil Nadu. 148 Colleges are running in Salem District. Survey method was employed to study the academic usage of the social media by the Librarians and exhaustively collects samples from the B.Ed college of Tamil Nadu. The population of the study consisted of 148 librarians. The sample size of the study comprised of 148 librarians selected through convenient sampling technique. The structured questionnaire was used for data collection.
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    Uses of Social Media and Library among MBA Students in Prims, Periyar University, Salem
    (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Jayaprakash, M.; Murugan, C.
    This study examined the use of Social Media and Library for research support and it is guided by three objectives namely: a) to ascertain the uses social media in academic institutions; b) to identify the challenges associated with social media use for research purposes and c) to provide experiences of social media application in selected MBA students in Periyar Institute of Management Studies, Periyar University, Salem. The accelerated growth of the Internet has stimulated research into the use of social media for study makes use of library in combination with personal and professional work experiences on the use of social media from MBA students in PRIMS, Periyar University. Research experiences by the students showed that it is only Department and main Library that uses social media in its library, which is as a result of a formal social media strategy. They use it mostly for communication and interaction with colleagues. It was also discovered that there is no social media strategy available in department and main university libraries. Based on these findings, the study recommended the implementation of social media strategy. Social Media is a new technology offering new options for MBA students in their research support role. This study was conducted 222 samples. This study draw the random sampling i.e Female 105 and Male 117 who were administered a student perception questionnaire on how social media support on students. A research questionnaire was designed to determine the factors of social networking websites that have impact on students. Variables identified are age, gender, education, social influence and academic performance. This study determines that most of students use social media and library due to their friends and its total average is 67.3% of total sample.