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contributor.advisorJeffrey Pomerantzen
creatorTimothy P Ramseyen
date.accessioned2008-07-23T14:41:55Z-
date.available2008-07-23en
date.available2008-07-23T14:41:55Z-
date.issued2008-07-23T14:41:55Z-
date.submittedJuly 21, 2008en
identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1901/567-
description.abstractThis paper describes an exploratory study to examine academic librarians' perspectives on using social networking services for inter-library collaboration. The study used semi-structured interviews to provide rich data for investigating where academic librarians are currently cooperating using social networking technologies and how they feel about using virtual social and professional tools to build and maintain collaborative networks. Before reporting on findings, the paper briefly examines the history of academic library collaboration, the current application of social networking services in business and professional settings, and some of the contextual, social, and technological factors affecting collaboration online. The proposed study illuminates many of the current networking and knowledge sharing practices in the academic library community, with an eye toward improving those services using social networking technology to track and leverage connections between librarians.en
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language.isoen_USen
publisherSchool of Information and Library Scienceen
subjectOnline social networks. Library cooperation -- United States. Academic libraries -- Administration. Libraries -- Information technology. Librarians and the internet.en
titleSocial Networking Services: Library Collaboration 2.0?en
typeElectronic Theses and Dissertationsen
degree.disciplineLibrary Scienceen
degree.grantorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hillen
degree.levelMasteren
degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/en
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